A mooring is a semi-permanent or permanent anchor of many types, from a five pound mushroom anchor to multi-ton Bruce anchors, securing oil rigs. Focusing on ocean small craft use, this is a description of what they are and how to use, set and maintain them and most importantly, when not to use them.
Ah yes, that magic sound “zzzzzzZZZZZZZZZ-TING!” of the halyard running up the mast and stopping at the masthead. What’s worse is when you tie your halyard and the halyard doesn’t stop at the top but goes right through and back down to the deck! Here’s how to fix that:
Here’s how to properly use a cleat on a dock or onboard. It’s simple and one of the things hardly anyone does right, including racers.
In this article, I’ll show you how to set an anchor, then how to set the basic configurations of anchors and why you’ll use one anchoring technique or another.
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