Angel Island mooring buoys
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I'm no expert on this, but I do know that all boats on moors tie bow and stern to moorings. So you use two moorings and adjust your boat between the two.
Others can explain the actual process of securing your boat. Also, search on "Angel Island" for other posts which give this info.
Have a good time and let us know your adventures after your return!
Others can explain the actual process of securing your boat. Also, search on "Angel Island" for other posts which give this info.
Have a good time and let us know your adventures after your return!
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I run my bow line to the stern, which is lower and easier to reach the buoy. I loop through the mooring eye and then back away from the buoy.
I have long lines, which allows me to back all the way to the stern buoy. I loop through that buoy as well. Then, I center the boat. The only problem with this plan is that it does take some long lines.
The next day, after the engine is warm, I untie one side of the loop and pull it through the buoy, for a quick, clean release.
In any case, you don't want to wrap up your props with a loose line.
We used to moor bow to the opening, now I believe they want you facing West.
If it's sloppy in the late afternoon, I would recommend running to Sausalito for the night. You'll get some sleep that way.
The spring tides will put a strong current through the cove, which is disconcerting for some. It would be easier on you to moor at slack tide. I remember once grabbing the stern mooring ball with my boat hook and pulling the boat towards the ball. My boat took great delight and pulled the other direction with such force that I had to let go of the boat hook. The hook shot like an arrow across the marina. After the cheering and clapping subsided, a neighbor grabbed my hook and helped me get a line to the stern mooring ball. Using your tender might be necessary when the current is running.
I don't recommend hanging off the bow. On most boats it's a good deal higher off the water. The boat tends to drift, and there you are, going for a swim.
I have long lines, which allows me to back all the way to the stern buoy. I loop through that buoy as well. Then, I center the boat. The only problem with this plan is that it does take some long lines.
The next day, after the engine is warm, I untie one side of the loop and pull it through the buoy, for a quick, clean release.
In any case, you don't want to wrap up your props with a loose line.
We used to moor bow to the opening, now I believe they want you facing West.
If it's sloppy in the late afternoon, I would recommend running to Sausalito for the night. You'll get some sleep that way.
The spring tides will put a strong current through the cove, which is disconcerting for some. It would be easier on you to moor at slack tide. I remember once grabbing the stern mooring ball with my boat hook and pulling the boat towards the ball. My boat took great delight and pulled the other direction with such force that I had to let go of the boat hook. The hook shot like an arrow across the marina. After the cheering and clapping subsided, a neighbor grabbed my hook and helped me get a line to the stern mooring ball. Using your tender might be necessary when the current is running.
I don't recommend hanging off the bow. On most boats it's a good deal higher off the water. The boat tends to drift, and there you are, going for a swim.
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You will need 2-100ft lines. One for the bow and one for the stern. But just remember, you need to get one end through the eye of the mooring and back to your boat both at the bow and stern of your boat while the current pushes you around the cove and you have other boats already moored. I like to have the lines all ready attached to a cleat on the bow/stern and looped into a milk crate with the end going through the eye of the mooring hanging out for easy feeding out so it doesn't get all twisted onto itself on the way out. Leaving is easy. Just do the reverse. Good luck.
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You can find info on mooring at the Angel Island website here:
http://www.angelisland.org/mooring.htm
Also, pay first or dingy in and pay quickly. I have often heard that the past practice of rangers coming out to "collect" is history, and if they come out now, the "cite" with a fine.
BTG
http://www.angelisland.org/mooring.htm
Also, pay first or dingy in and pay quickly. I have often heard that the past practice of rangers coming out to "collect" is history, and if they come out now, the "cite" with a fine.
BTG
I got my Happy Hooker boat hook yesterday and am ready to assault the Angel Island mooring balls! This is an ingenious invention that provides a simple mechanical solution to the age-old problem of reaching the mooring ball with a line.
The hole at the end of the arm is a bit on the small side for a 1/2 or 5/8 line, so I attached a 1 inch stainless split keyring to the hole. This should allow me to pass the line through and tie a simple knot to hold it in place.
Is there a video or something around that shows how to use one of the "Happy Hooker boat
hook" I am a fair hand at rigging (pulleys, shives, overhead cranes etc) but know almost
nothing about boats and have trouble imagining how that hook works?
hook" I am a fair hand at rigging (pulleys, shives, overhead cranes etc) but know almost
nothing about boats and have trouble imagining how that hook works?
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It's not easy to explain without having one in your hands, but I'll try. The device is shown partially open, which is the way it would open as you push the right hand arm through a ring on a mooring buoy. (Normally, a spring keeps the "latch piece" connected to both arms, but when you push the right hand arm through, the latch slips out of the "hook" and opens the arms. As the ring heads for the base, the latch snaps back into the right-hand "hook". Then, when you pull the device back from the ring, the latch remains connected to the right hand arm and snaps out of the left hand arm. At the far left end of the latch piece, there is a ring (which Al correctly describes as "small" and which, because of its orientation, doesn't appear as a ring in the picture.) A line connected to this ring will follow the latch piece, which has now passed through the ring of the mooring buoy, so you just feed the line out and pull the happy hooker back and the line is looped through the buoy.
Since the latch piece at different times disconnects from each arm, there is a slight risk that it will totally disconnect from the arms, but this is rare and even if it happens, it's still tied to the line and you just retrieve it, reassemble, and go again.
BTG
Since the latch piece at different times disconnects from each arm, there is a slight risk that it will totally disconnect from the arms, but this is rare and even if it happens, it's still tied to the line and you just retrieve it, reassemble, and go again.
BTG
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Let me try a simpler approach which summarizes the operation:
Your line (or a smaller line used to pull your larger line) is connected to the cross piece of the device.
The cross piece is cleverly connected through a spring/snap arrangement to the arms of the device.
When properly used, the arms pass the cross piece through the ring you are seeking attachment to. Since the line is attached to the cross piece, it also passes through the ring, and when you pull the device back, it pulls your line through the ring back to you.
Hope this helps.
BTG
Your line (or a smaller line used to pull your larger line) is connected to the cross piece of the device.
The cross piece is cleverly connected through a spring/snap arrangement to the arms of the device.
When properly used, the arms pass the cross piece through the ring you are seeking attachment to. Since the line is attached to the cross piece, it also passes through the ring, and when you pull the device back, it pulls your line through the ring back to you.
Hope this helps.
BTG