BruceK
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Christmas Day we were on a National Parks Mooring in Little Jerusalem Bay on the Broken Bay/Hawkesbury waters. Averting gaze from the white bellied sea eagle fishing the bay,we watched a Riviera elaborately fitted out as a fish catcher competition sports boat approach a free mooring ball.
Mrs Fisher was on the bow with a boat hook to pick up the pennant, Mr.Fisher passed it by a boat length or so, and dropped the anchor(make unidentified). Depth about 12M,bow aligned to the expected overnight breeze. Hmm I thought...why... then he backed towards the mooring ball, Mrs. F picked up the pennant,placing it on a stern cleat. Hmm...Mr. F following best practice fitted a snubber to the anchor chain.
At that point I figured it out. There was a large aluminum dinghy mounted on the bow with an electric crane, and 2 kelpies (an Australian breed (mostly) working dog)leaping about the cockpit with crossed legs anticipating a run ashore on the adjacent sandy beach low tide revealed.
The fore and aft restraints kept the Riv in position while the dinghy was lowered without risk of damage .And the dogs and Mr and Mrs F got to go ashore.
Mrs Fisher was on the bow with a boat hook to pick up the pennant, Mr.Fisher passed it by a boat length or so, and dropped the anchor(make unidentified). Depth about 12M,bow aligned to the expected overnight breeze. Hmm I thought...why... then he backed towards the mooring ball, Mrs. F picked up the pennant,placing it on a stern cleat. Hmm...Mr. F following best practice fitted a snubber to the anchor chain.
At that point I figured it out. There was a large aluminum dinghy mounted on the bow with an electric crane, and 2 kelpies (an Australian breed (mostly) working dog)leaping about the cockpit with crossed legs anticipating a run ashore on the adjacent sandy beach low tide revealed.
The fore and aft restraints kept the Riv in position while the dinghy was lowered without risk of damage .And the dogs and Mr and Mrs F got to go ashore.