Question For You Sailors

[Wyndham]

I've never sailed, so help me.

When I'm near a marina I hear a clink, clink ,clunk, clink, clunk from the masts of moored yachts, when the wind is above beaufort 1.

Do you have to put up with that all night or is it just a marina thing.

[JennyMorgan]

It's an inconsiderate sailing boat owner that allows that to happen. Almost on a par with inconsiderate motorboat owners running their engines at moorings! We really shouldn't have to endure either annoyance.

[Wyndham]

16 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:

It's an inconsiderate sailing boat owner that allows that to happen. Almost on a par with inconsiderate motorboat owners running their engines at moorings! We really shouldn't have to endure either annoyance.

Please explain what cause that noise,

As a non sailor it is actually a lovely sound.. of peace and tranquillity.  

Love hearing it but wouldn't want to spend a night with it.

[quo vadis]

1 hour ago, JennyMorgan said:

It's an inconsiderate sailing boat owner that allows that to happen. Almost on a par with inconsiderate motorboat owners running their engines at moorings! We really shouldn't have to endure either annoyance.

Be careful JM yes inconsiderate sailors again 

[ChrisB]

I moored in a marina in Poole Harbour in the late 70's so you are talking 40 years now. If you failed to "frap" your halyards the marina staff would fit a nice pair of shockcord ties with plastic balls on the end to stop any mast tapping.

You would receive an invoice for £50 which was a lot more money then.

[ChrisB]

6 hours ago, Wyndham said:

Please explain what cause that noise,

As a non sailor it is actually a lovely sound.. of peace and tranquillity.  

Love hearing it but wouldn't want to spend a night with it.

It is normally the halyards against the mast. In other words the bit of string that pulls up the sails and is then made fast normally to a cleat on the bottom of the mast.

I can tell you it is not peacefull in a marina if it is blowing and you have 100 yachts doing it or live near a sailing club dinghy park.

[JennyMorgan]

One of the downsides, actually the only one, of mooring outside the Pleasure Boat at Hickling is the incessant tap of unfrapped halliards from the nearby dinghy park. Laziness and thoughtlessness by those concerned. 

 

[Polly]

Yes one of my pet hates and wholly avoidable.

[vanessan]

I really didn't realise this clinking was avoidable, I thought all yachts with metal masts did it! (I know I'm showing my ignorance here, calling them metal masts.). I seem to hear the noise wherever I am and there are yachts moored and it is a bit windy. It doesn't annoy me though, all part and parcel of Broads life to me. Even overnight. Now I know why it happens, I can go and suggest the yachtsman 'fraps his halyards'! 

[ranworthbreeze]

All the yachts moored at the Windermere Marina Village used to clank away when we had a holiday cottage there, maybe they were only part time sailors

Regards

Alan

[ChrisB]

In the pre-Proctor days when masts were mostly wood and had to be varnished owners were more inclined to frap in order to protect the mast.

[lakesailor]

3 hours ago, ranworthbreeze said:

All the yachts moored at the Windermere Marina Village used to clank away when we had a holiday cottage there, maybe they were only part time sailors

Regards

Alan

They were clanking away this morning when I was there ..

total laziness on yacht owners behalf