[Mooring At St Olaves.. Tide Rise / Fall]

Back on the northern broads now, having crossed breydon water in around 30 mins at one point touching 10mph thanks to the current. 

The storm lifted just as we left Yarmouth as you'll see from the photo. 

Sun now shining and the wind much calmer - perfect. 

 

[Mooring At St Olaves.. Tide Rise / Fall]

As the weather worsens, the tide has now turned and is on the way down. Have just been joined by Rhapsody 1 - hoping we will be able to g the back accross later on.. 

Last time I looked the wind is set to drop a little around 1500 hrs and it should then be running with the tide which should help matters.. 

[Mooring At St Olaves.. Tide Rise / Fall]

Thanks for all the kind words all :)

 

18 minutes ago, LondonRascal said:

The only thing I would have done in the photo would have been to adjust two or three fenders so some were right up to protect the Gunwale area of the boat as it dropped down and may have rubbed on the quay heading.

I had a bit of an experience (baptism of fire) when I had to overnight onboard Independence at Town House Quay in Yarmouth Harbor on my own. If you think the Yacht Station rise and fall and current flow is bad, when you have the Bure, Yare and Waveney all funnel through just past Haven Bridge you sure know about it! I had masses of fenders and 6 lines out and but with the eddies and weird flow here I was anxious so set my alarm for when the tide would turn to be up and ready for more adjustments to the lines when it rushed back in with equal might. Thankfully despite concrete and steel piling no gel coat was harmed.

I did actually go out and raise some of the fenders later when adjusting the lines for said reason.

we actually had a slightly embarrassing moment when leaving Yarmouth yacht station - the wind (around 35mph gusts) was pushing the bow into the Quay and the fast current was pulling us away at the stern from the Quay and to make matters worse.. The rear port line got jammed on the post.. Its now a little shorter than it was.. And I ended up having to leave backwards towards the bridge and spin the boat around whilst being dragged at 6.5 mph according to the GPS! 

Not my finest moment - live and learn! 

That certainly is a baptism of fire, especially with a vessel such as independence - getting through that unscathed is definitely an accomplishment! 

 

Now moored at the Berney Arms waiting for the level to drop - rather rough and quite unpleasant being bashed and blown around at the moment... 

[Mooring At St Olaves.. Tide Rise / Fall]

Thanks all, really appreciate the advice! Really good to be able to ask on here without being made to feel daft! 

I've now been able to move the boat forward a little and get the port lines and springs setup as per advice.

The front port is taught as its being dragged back by the wind, the rest are slightly slack but not 'draped' accross the ground 

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Thanks for all the replies so far.. I wanted to have the ropes as per the sketch, although I couldn't get the ropes to reach far enough to be on the same post.. Please see attached pictures of how they are.. 

Mostly worried about hitting the boat behind really, I can't see that there is anything stopping us moving further back and touching them and they have tied up quite tight 

Yes we moored just before low tide at 7.30 and tide is now on the way up. 

 

Feeling a bit silly really.. Away from the broads I'm actually a Boat master and do public tours... 

[Mooring At St Olaves.. Tide Rise / Fall]

Moored at St Olaves for tonight - and I am yet again wondering if I am correctly doing so, allowing for the tide rise (around 2ft here I think?) 

Currently I have got the front ropes slack and the rear inner is very tight due to the tide pulling the boat against it. The rear spring is slack.. How do I ensure I have left enough slack in the ropes for the tide rise (moored low water) 

The rear of the boat is very close (around 2 meters) away from the boat behind, but I can't get any further up because of the layout of the mooring posts.. Is this okay? 

Thanks