Hello All,
My E38 is on a mooring this year, which is a first for me. I thought that being on a mooring would be easier than docking..... I was wrong! Getting off the mooring is quite easy, just pull up some slack and drop the pennant, no problem. The problem came when I tried to get the darned pennant back. With the dinghy hanging from the mooring pennant it was impossible to motor up to the mooring straight into the wind which I assume would be the easiest. I had to approach from the side which resulted in being blown down off the mooring ball, almost missing the pickup float, squashing the dink, etc. There has got to be an easier way to do this. How the heck do you motor up without running over the dink? Any tips? Thanks, RT
My E38 is on a mooring this year, which is a first for me. I thought that being on a mooring would be easier than docking..... I was wrong! Getting off the mooring is quite easy, just pull up some slack and drop the pennant, no problem. The problem came when I tried to get the darned pennant back. With the dinghy hanging from the mooring pennant it was impossible to motor up to the mooring straight into the wind which I assume would be the easiest. I had to approach from the side which resulted in being blown down off the mooring ball, almost missing the pickup float, squashing the dink, etc. There has got to be an easier way to do this. How the heck do you motor up without running over the dink? Any tips? Thanks, RT