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Thanks Alan, great explanation and advice there. And Vaughan, thank you, that photo is really helpful! So, is it safe to wild moor on the further reaches of the southern rivers?

Interesting, thanks to you all. Not sure I understand how using the center cleats helps if the ropes are still tight but I guess it's the length that allows the boat to rise and fall, so they could still be tight ish. I think if we do need to, we'll leave a good amount of slack on the mooring ropes and pay out a reasonable amount of slack on the mudweight, then we can to and fro between front and back as the tide changes. I guess crossing the lines makes a bit of sense to me too! When we've moored up at Oulton in the past, one of the helpful (?) Quay attendants had acted like he was in a tug of war with the boat, pulling the stern in as tight as possible to the heading. Strange that he thought that was a good idea!

Hi everyone, long time lurker here! We'll be on the broads next week (along with the rest of the world by all accounts ). We've been countless times but there's one thing I can't get my head round... On the southern rivers, where there's a rise and fall, how does it work with mooring stern on to a fixed point? Side on is fine, you just leave enough slack in the ropes. Floating pontoons obviously move with you so there's no problem there. But there are a couple of spots where it's stern on to a fixed position, can't think exactly where, outside a pub if I remember rightly. Do you need to leave slack in the ropes, or can someone explain it to me? One other thing, are there safe wild moorings on the southern rivers anywhere? Thanks all!