Sea Word
Senior Member
So I’m bringing home my first yacht, 40’x12’ 22,000 lbs of aluminum. One of the impetuses to purchase a boat this size is I have an interesting place to keep it near my house, but it’s primitive living, on the hook. This little cove is unclaimed off my buddies property and we want to sneak in there on a permanent basis. So now comes the part(s) I need help with. I’ve been around boats and docks but I’m not too experienced with operating in normal circumstances and even less in unique circumstances like this. So I thought I’d let you guys in on my process here. What’s the ideal way to set up anchoring points for us in this location?
This is a large river, with mild current here, and medium/ heavy traffic. The ramp is where I’ll be keeping the dinghy and car access. I may be able to use the unused dolphins as tie points if we want, which would be great of course, as they are massive steel members. The closest dolphins are 100’ space and the wider gap is 130’ so I could theoretically just tie right between them in line. But we may want to be tucked a little farther behind in the cove, less prominently displayed and more protected from drift wood, wind, and wakes. But looking at sat image there seems to be a ghost ship already hiding under there, which may present a problem. I may be able to do some winching and clear that away suitably. Ideally we would be facing the bow NE away from shore to deal with wakes. We get large ships and barges all the time so hammering us athwart ships wouldn’t be ideal.
So what’s the best setup for this scope of use? Line off each corner? Is there any info on using anchor buoys or setting up a mooning like this? I don’t think we have room to swing, so it will be a fixed orientation.
This is a large river, with mild current here, and medium/ heavy traffic. The ramp is where I’ll be keeping the dinghy and car access. I may be able to use the unused dolphins as tie points if we want, which would be great of course, as they are massive steel members. The closest dolphins are 100’ space and the wider gap is 130’ so I could theoretically just tie right between them in line. But we may want to be tucked a little farther behind in the cove, less prominently displayed and more protected from drift wood, wind, and wakes. But looking at sat image there seems to be a ghost ship already hiding under there, which may present a problem. I may be able to do some winching and clear that away suitably. Ideally we would be facing the bow NE away from shore to deal with wakes. We get large ships and barges all the time so hammering us athwart ships wouldn’t be ideal.
So what’s the best setup for this scope of use? Line off each corner? Is there any info on using anchor buoys or setting up a mooning like this? I don’t think we have room to swing, so it will be a fixed orientation.