Mooring
So today’s job was to re-install the mooring tyre. It was looking a bit sad, didn’t have much yellow on it, and the steel eye bolt was wearing a bit thin. It was removed a few weeks ago, towed over to the boat ramp and pushed up into the back of the van to take home. Let me tell you, it was bloody heavy (still full of water).
My dad welded up the steel plates, repaired the damage to the tyre and gave it a new paint job. He did an amazing job.
Having a tyre just makes mooring a breeze, especially on your own. For those who aren’t aware, there is a sleeve in the top of the steel plate, when you leave the mooring, you slot a post about 1.8m high with a hook on the top, into the hole in the tyre and hook the mooring rope onto it. Even in a big swell or huge wind, I can simplly drive up to the mooring, walk out the pilot house door and grab the rope from the pole and place it straight over the Samson post. No hanging over the bow with a boat hook hoping to grab the rope on the first attempt. When done, pull out the pole, switch off the motor and make a cup of coffee.
Anyway here are a few pics of it. The wife and kids were extremely keen to watch.