Thursday 11 August 2016

Things that go bump in the night

The buoy was without doubt convenient. Drawing into Tenby in the dusk of the last hour before dark, it meant that I didn't have to stress over the anchor in unfamiliar waters.

The problem is that with the incoming tide set against the gentle off-shore breeze, Calstar spent the early part of the evening g bumping up against the not insubstantial buoy.

It was like sitting inside a drum.

I tried shortening the mooring line, all but lifting the buoy out of the water, but that didn't work. I tried lengthening the line, but that just moved the thumping along the hull.

In the end, I daisy-chained a string of fenders end to end and threaded them around the bow.

Not a pretty necklace, it has to be said, but it worked.

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