[Rhodes22-list] Bill's Mooring

[Bud]

Bill,
  thanks for the update, I will take a closer look on frappr.

-Bud

Bill Effros wrote:

> Sorry, Bud,
>
> That was a bit misleading.  My boat is moored a half-mile from the 
> shore I can get to, but it's only 100 yards from private property.
>
> Much of Long Island sound is quite shallow.  In my cove.  There is a 9 
> foot tidal variation.  At low tide my boat is in 3 feet of water.  At 
> high tide it's in 12 feet of water.  While I can see Manhattan from my 
> mooring, I am protected from the waves in 360°, and from the wind in 
> roughly 320°.  All of this makes much more sense if you look at the 
> Frappr Map.  The last time I looked I had placed my boat in 
> approximately the right place.
>
> I use only the bow cleat.  I have a 300 pound mushroom anchor, very 
> heavy chain, and line that barely fits under the cleat.  The boat has 
> never been knocked down by either wind or waves.  I have managed to 
> "drag" that anchor (actually, I floated it) but that had nothing to do 
> with either wind or waves, directly.  It was a calm day.  Explained 
> elsewhere.
>
> Bill Effros
>
> Bud Connor wrote:
>
>> Bill,
>>  at a 1/2 mile out, I assume your boat is pretty exposed - do you 
>> secure to the bow eye, the bow cleat or both?
>> Also, does your boat ever get knocked down by big wind and waves?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bud
>>
>>
>> Bill Effros wrote:
>>
>>> Richard,
>>>
>>> I seldom use the electric because I prefer to row, however, 
>>> sometimes you have too much stuff, or too many people to be able to 
>>> efficiently row a small dinghy.  In those situations I use the 
>>> electric.
>>>
>>> I use a very small battery, because I don't plan to go great 
>>> distances.  My boat is moored a half-mile from shore.  I can do a 
>>> half-dozen round trips on a single charge of a less than 10 pound 
>>> battery.  I can easily store the whole shootin' match in my 
>>> lazarette -- and that's the real point.  The only real problem is 
>>> when the motor and spare battery are on board when I need them on 
>>> land, and vice versa.
>>>
>>> Some years I store it on the boat.  Other years I store it in the 
>>> basement.  And somehow it seems always to be in the wrong place when 
>>> I need it.
>>>
>>> That's life, I suppose.
>>>
>>> Bill Effros
>>>
>>> Richard Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Although I never ran an energy budget on a dinghy powered by a 
>>>> trolling
>>>> electric I abandoned the idea for practical reasons, namely because 
>>>> of the
>>>> mass of the battery.  If you are anchored out you are going to have 
>>>> major
>>>> issues transferring a heavy lead acid battery from the Rhodes to 
>>>> the dink
>>>> and back.
>>>>
>>>> Granted an electric is very appealing from an environmental 
>>>> standpoint but I
>>>> would buy the smallest lightest outboard I could find and mount it 
>>>> on an 8
>>>> foot inflatable with a slat floor.   A little Honda is quiet 
>>>> economical and
>>>> easily moved about.
>>>>
>>>> Richard Smith
>>>>
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