Those parks with rings are the ones that get the highest number of boats using the space. So far, I don't know of any in Desolation Sound Park, and wherever else we tie in the Desolation Sound area, there are none, so the old climb to the best tree or rock above high water is what is still necessary.
In some of the more crowded park anchorages, like Princess Cove, the stern tie rings are well used, and are spaced less than 100 feet apart along the rock wall, so anchoring and tying back is both simple and intuitive.
In Deep bay on Jedediah, the tie rings are a little too close together for my liking, so if the bay fills up at high tide, often happens that in the morning when everyone is just waking to the low tide, there is a goon time scramble, with people finding someone else's anchor across theirs as they try to leave. For this reason we rarely go there any more, but seek a quieter spot.
