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Posted by member steve.hogwood on Wednesday 26 April 2017

My answer to mooring of X off, I have fitted two extra scaffold poles on my mooring about 6" further out into the river, I have then slipped on plastic gas type pipes about 6" dia. Over the upright scaffold poles, the boat lays up against the gas pipe the stern being held by a rope around the gas pipe which is then fastened back on the cleat, the boat can ride up and down on the smooth plastic pipe and springs are not necessary the bow is still on the original bow line which runs forward to the bank. There is a little give /flexing in the plastic pipe which is an asset. As this is an experiment on our part of the river I will let you know what happens. I learnt after I started to put this together that the Venetians with their Gondoliers? have a similar method of mooring. Steve Hogwood.

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Posted by member Tony Weald on Sunday 26 March 2017

Could you utilise "flexible mooring poles/whips" arched over the top of the boat to hold her off? You see these quite a lot up the non tidal Thames and also in the US. Or how about a line midships to a weight/anchor on the side away from the bank. Might not be possible depending on passing craft but using a section of chain may keep it clear. Tony

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Posted by member stour-boy on Saturday 25 March 2017

My Regatta is on a bank mooring where the boat rides on a scaffold pole mooring faced with two uprights faced with rubber rendering about 10 ft. Apart. The constant chafing on these rubber fenders is hammering the the rope that is fixed around the hull. The question is is there any way the boat could be moored so the rope fender is held away from the mooring by about a foot or so ? Putting poles out in the river would be a no,no. It would have to be from the mooring only. Please don't suggest fenders as they seem to rub of paint or gel coat from the hull. Stour-boy.

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