Mud Weight Size

[Jovril]

Hi all

We are looking at a Shetland 27 that has no mud weight at present.

What weight would you recommend for use on the broads with such a boat

I believe the boat weight is just under 3 tonnes if that helps

Many thanks 

John

[stumpy]

Our Bounty 27 holds well on a 15 kilo one - from the thickness of Hammerite I reckon its worked for 40-odd years.

[Guest]

Will check what's hanging off the front of mine either tomorrow or Sunday and let you know .... However whatever it weighs holds us firm ...

[JennyMorgan]

A pound a foot seems to work, at least for me.

[Jovril]

Thanks Sidestand

Look forward to hearing from you

John

 

[JanetAnne]

As a rule of thumb I believe that your mudweight should come in exactly the right size to be 

a- just not quite heavy enough to hold the boat and 

b- just too heavy to haul back aboard once you realise a!

 

 

[Labrador]

1 hour ago, JennyMorgan said:

A pound a foot seems to work, at least for me.

Sounds about right to me. As regards size, depends what you make it of. 

[grendel]

1 hour ago, JennyMorgan said:

A pound a foot seems to work, at least for me.

does that stop the bodies floating then JM 

[Wyndham]

3 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:

A pound a foot seems to work, at least for me.

That's how we used to buy Christmas trees. (sorry for mentioning the C word)

[Bound2Please]

36 minutes ago, Wyndham said:

(sorry for mentioning the C word)

[Guest]

Personally I use a 22kg mud weight but being a live aboard I carrying a lot more weight than a boat used for leisure of the same size , I do however have 2 meters of heavy chain attached to the mud weight before the wrap attaching it to the boat n never had it move even in storms and seriously strong winds , getting it back is reasonable easy if you accept that its unlikely you will pull it out manually , its far easier to pulltge boat to the sunk mud weight and then tie it off tight and move forward or  astern to pull it out then its easy enough to pull up .

Quite expensive bits of kit though given that they spend their working life in mud especially if you want to join the shiny shiny brigade .

[Guest]

53 minutes ago, Wyndham said:

That's how we used to buy Christmas trees. (sorry for mentioning the C word)

It's never too early for Christmas 

[Bound2Please]

Just now, Jayfire said:

 

[Guest]

Just now, Bound2Please said:

[JennyMorgan]

I also carry a 50 lbs weight in the forepeak but if it really turns nasty then I might resort to a 'Bruce' anchor, wonderful bit of kit. 

[Bound2Please]

1 minute ago, Jayfire said:

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Bound2Please said:

[Guest]

[CambridgeCabby]

http://www.xmasclock.com/

 

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, CambridgeCabby said:

http://www.xmasclock.com/

 

It's so close 

[Bound2Please]

6 hours ago, Bound2Please said:

 

[grendel]

       

[Simon]

11 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:

I also carry a 50 lbs weight in the forepeak but if it really turns nasty then I might resort to a 'Bruce' anchor, wonderful bit of kit. 

Moving our boat to the broads in a few weeks time, I don't have a mud weight just an anchor.

im wondering if there are any rules on using anchors in the broads system and whether I would find a mud weight useful, perhaps over the stern when at anchor?

[ZimbiIV]

We have a mud plug but I don't use it, back problems, so have extra long bow lines that we use to keep the boat straight when stern moored.

paul

[TheQ]

There is no ban that I know of on using anchors on the broads. Generally they just don't work very well, much of the broads has a very soft mud bottom, so there is little for an anchor to grab hold of.