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Salt Strong is one of the best places to learn the fundamentals of fishing. Some of the information is really basic but if you're like me and your dad or grandpa wasn't into inshore or offshore fishing there's a lot of basic stuff that can mess you up when you're just starting out.
That process allows for the boat to sway either way eventually sawing through the mooring line. Correct way is to attach 2 mooring lines through that loop 1 to each side of the boat. Saves ropes and your boat
I was thinking exactly the same. If your bow is 10 ft above sea level this technique isn't going to work...unless you lie on your stomach and use a boat hook to snag the line. Another way is to run the mooring line down the length of the boat from the bow cleats and tie up at the swim platform or transom and then walk the lines back to the bow, and let the wind/tide put you bow to the buoy.
To keep people who might not know better from dropping an anchor on a corral reef. We must all anchor on sandy areas not to damage any reefs which are prevalent throughout the Caribbean.
6 months late, but sometimes you can't physically anchor due to the anchor chain being too short. Also anchors tend to drag in higher winds, so if you want to dive for longer periods of time, or maybe even sleep on your boat, your boat will drift from where you initially anchored.
Crowded popular areas will not have room for boats to swing a 100' radius. Think Caribbean, Key West, Metropolitan areas. Environmentally sensitive areas, where you can destroy 1000 years of reef in a matter of minutes, are not places to anchor, and many of the more popular ones provide mooring buoys (Warderick Wells, Stocking Island in the Exumas, and many others in the Caribe and the Med). Also places where underwater communications cables that could be damaged by unknowing boaters will provide moorings. Those are a few, probably a dozen other reasons also.
Anchors and coral= coral destruction. Also have seen anchor line dip below coral head and allowing waves over the bow. I could read the guy's boat numbers from underwater. Lucky it was a "unsinkable Boston Whaler".
This is not a good way to attach to a mooring ball for a larger boat , the rope slides and chews into each other , also the grinding noise of the ropes keeps you awake
I have a 1968 Whaler that has only one cleat on the front bow. I do have a bow rail. Since I don't have cleats on the side, what is the best way to tie off?
The video is incorrect, you actually should go from a single cleat, through the mooring pennant, and back to the same cleat. On small boats ties up in calm conditions, it may not make much difference to go to a second cleat, but with bigger boats, and stronger wind, they will swing with wind/current, and the chafe the mooring pennant, and your own mooring line to the point of failure. A boat 40' or longer should always go from the a cleat, through the pennant, and back to the same cleat. This can be done on both bow cleats (port and starboard) using 2 different lines.
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Thank you, you’re the only one that showed how to tie a knot to the mooring buoy. Everybody else on videos was too far away to show what they did.
Salt Strong is one of the best places to learn the fundamentals of fishing. Some of the information is really basic but if you're like me and your dad or grandpa wasn't into inshore or offshore fishing there's a lot of basic stuff that can mess you up when you're just starting out.
Excellent audio despite the wind!
Great vid. People don’t realize how fast a finger can get the bad end of that rope/cleat!! Thx
That process allows for the boat to sway either way eventually sawing through the mooring line. Correct way is to attach 2 mooring lines through that loop 1 to each side of the boat. Saves ropes and your boat
Thanks for taking the time to comment!
I learnt this the hard way. Thankfully my boat was at the dock and someone spotted it and manage to fix it before any damage.
Yes!
Great stuff, thanks heaps for sharing that trick :)
Great video!
Thanks!
Do you also tie one in the back of the boat as well? Or just the front bow is fine? Thanks for the video 🤙🏼
Can you please tell me how much rope to attach to a home made tyre mooring?
I'll be boating solo most of the time...do you have any tips/tricks on how to secure to mooring as I'm driving the boat and securing the mooring?
I was thinking exactly the same. If your bow is 10 ft above sea level this technique isn't going to work...unless you lie on your stomach and use a boat hook to snag the line. Another way is to run the mooring line down the length of the boat from the bow cleats and tie up at the swim platform or transom and then walk the lines back to the bow, and let the wind/tide put you bow to the buoy.
Sorry for my ignorance, I'm from the west coast. Why not just anchor? And are these put in place by DFW?
My question too. Who puts these out?
To keep people who might not know better from dropping an anchor on a corral reef. We must all anchor on sandy areas not to damage any reefs which are prevalent throughout the Caribbean.
6 months late, but sometimes you can't physically anchor due to the anchor chain being too short. Also anchors tend to drag in higher winds, so if you want to dive for longer periods of time, or maybe even sleep on your boat, your boat will drift from where you initially anchored.
Crowded popular areas will not have room for boats to swing a 100' radius. Think Caribbean, Key West, Metropolitan areas. Environmentally sensitive areas, where you can destroy 1000 years of reef in a matter of minutes, are not places to anchor, and many of the more popular ones provide mooring buoys (Warderick Wells, Stocking Island in the Exumas, and many others in the Caribe and the Med). Also places where underwater communications cables that could be damaged by unknowing boaters will provide moorings. Those are a few, probably a dozen other reasons also.
Anchors and coral= coral destruction. Also have seen anchor line dip below coral head and allowing waves over the bow. I could read the guy's boat numbers from underwater. Lucky it was a "unsinkable Boston Whaler".
Awesome
Nice tip
That was great.
What if you were on a Waverunner and didn’t have a kleet to tie off to?
You'd have to use a different method
This is not a good way to attach to a mooring ball for a larger boat , the rope slides and chews into each other , also the grinding noise of the ropes keeps you awake
Thanks for sharing
Slick...
just make a long bridle and toss it over the buoy, nothing else needed. line will come tight under the edge of the buoy.
I have a 1968 Whaler that has only one cleat on the front bow. I do have a bow rail. Since I don't have cleats on the side, what is the best way to tie off?
The video is incorrect, you actually should go from a single cleat, through the mooring pennant, and back to the same cleat. On small boats ties up in calm conditions, it may not make much difference to go to a second cleat, but with bigger boats, and stronger wind, they will swing with wind/current, and the chafe the mooring pennant, and your own mooring line to the point of failure. A boat 40' or longer should always go from the a cleat, through the pennant, and back to the same cleat. This can be done on both bow cleats (port and starboard) using 2 different lines.
@@allenmayers3642 thanks for the info,when bad weather hits where should you be,just curious
and when you’re not in a flats boat?
Great question! Make sure to ask this over in the Community (www.saltstrong.com/) where the coaches spend their time.
Great video and to the point, maybe have a life jacket on too.
Here just to hear how it's pronounced 😆.
And I thought those were crab baskets....
Mooring balls are much larger and sometimes have a stick on it indicating the landmark (national, state park or name of reef)
Do you need permission to tie onto a mooring buoy?