@Ian , I see in the picture that some boats have their anchor out. I’ve seen that done with larger yachts, pretty cool. I guess that’s because there’s no pilings to tie the bow off to?
@Ian - WOW those boats are really packed in there!
I'm impressed the ones that are turned sideways in the slips. That took some effort!
Yeah, we pack ‘em in and actually had some spare room this year. Mine is the first on the north dock (the larger run) north of the T spun 90 degrees as that is my slip and it wasn’t bad, just had someone watch the platform as I held the bow - she just fit with a couple of fenders hanging from the dock for good measure. We moved member boats Thursday night then racked and stacked Friday, I worked the north dock all day back and forth covering over 8 miles for the day until the last docked around 9:45pm.
@Ian , I see in the picture that some boats have their anchor out. I’ve seen that done with larger yachts, pretty cool. I guess that’s because there’s no pilings to tie the bow off to?
Med tie (or Mediterranean mooring). Used when more boat than dock space
Rinker sold but still have other boats Eastern LI, NY
@Ian , I see in the picture that some boats have their anchor out. I’ve seen that done with larger yachts, pretty cool. I guess that’s because there’s no pilings to tie the bow off to?
Couple of reasons - we’re tidal so dropping a few anchors helps arrest the inherent sideways swing 4 times a day and it takes some load off the white poles that hold the docks in place - remember we pull the docks end of season so they don’t end up near you in an ice floe. We are next to a shipping channel and besides the d*&%heads that don’t know no wake etiquette when passing marinas and docks, we get barges and ships that even if slow can bounce us around. When the tide is in the sea wall that you can’t see (but the end channel marker is there in the bottom right corner) is about 2 feet under the surface so we still get the wake.
Great weather in Lake Michigan too! I'm at Macatawa Yacht Club and last night we made friends with the Commodore. Today he took us out to watch a GL52 sail race. I know basically zero about sail racing, but those things are like Formula 1 race cars! When they turn down-wind, the spinnaker sail goes from being gigantic and beautiful to totally gone in about five seconds.
A quick video from yesterday's GL52 Macatawa race. This was in light wind -- barely enough to conduct the race. I'd love to see them run with real wind.
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I'm impressed the ones that are turned sideways in the slips. That took some effort!
Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express
Regards,
Ian
The Third “B”
Secretary, Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club
https://www.rcyachtclub.com/
Regards,
Ian
The Third “B”
Secretary, Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club
https://www.rcyachtclub.com/
A restaurant right by my dock posted this picture today. If you zoom in you can see my 330 next to the end of the rainbow 🌈 ⚓️
These girls aren’t helping the new boat fund! 😂⚓️
https://youtu.be/_h0VWjxhAyc
2015 Scarab 165G
Laser Sailboat
2002 Seadoo Explorer
2023 Seadoo Spark Trixx x 2