TrawlerBear
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From Chapman’s
I’m new to trawlers and thus studying my Chapman’s. It defines MOORING as “a semi-private anchorage installation consisting of a heavy anchor (usually of the mushroom type) or block of concrete, chain a mooring buoy, and a pennant of nylon or other synthetic line.” In the Glossary of Selected Terms there is no “moorage” but describes mooring as “(1) Permanent ground tackle. And (2) A place where vessels are kept at anchor.” The term dockage doesn’t appear but its root “Dock” is defined as “An encloses it nearly enclosed water area; a place where vessels can make fast, as at a pier, wharf or floating structure; frequently used incorrectly to refer to the pier or wharf itself.”
So it sounds to me like a dock or dockage would be actual above-water structures in a protected area like a marina and moorage would be an anchorage without any structure of the type where you would pull lines off a buoy to make fast. Good luck!
As in so many things there are likely regional variations. I’ll leave it to those with much greater experience than me to further clarify.
I’m new to trawlers and thus studying my Chapman’s. It defines MOORING as “a semi-private anchorage installation consisting of a heavy anchor (usually of the mushroom type) or block of concrete, chain a mooring buoy, and a pennant of nylon or other synthetic line.” In the Glossary of Selected Terms there is no “moorage” but describes mooring as “(1) Permanent ground tackle. And (2) A place where vessels are kept at anchor.” The term dockage doesn’t appear but its root “Dock” is defined as “An encloses it nearly enclosed water area; a place where vessels can make fast, as at a pier, wharf or floating structure; frequently used incorrectly to refer to the pier or wharf itself.”
So it sounds to me like a dock or dockage would be actual above-water structures in a protected area like a marina and moorage would be an anchorage without any structure of the type where you would pull lines off a buoy to make fast. Good luck!
As in so many things there are likely regional variations. I’ll leave it to those with much greater experience than me to further clarify.
My boating history is Florida based. Anchorage = Anchored in a protected water, usually free but can be a fee. Moorage = Tied to a mooring ball, usually a fee. Dockage = Tied to a dock, marina or private structure, usually fee based.
I've gotten used to the word moorage = dockage as used here. Was wondering if this is nationwide usage or regional, etc?
I no longer own a copy of Chapman's.