Moorings 2010
Moorings are available now!
£22.00/metre Chapel Pill and £24.20/metre in Crockerne Pill (2010 Prices). To allow safe access to the moorings the size of boats is normally limited to 33' (10.15Mtr) in Chapel Pill and 30' (9.2Mtr) in Crockerne Pill.
The club has 44 moorings within Crockerne Pill and Chapel Pill. These are allocated each year at the begining of the sailing season. All these moorings are mud moorings and the boats are left floating in a mud wallow over low water. Each mooring is graded for desirability and floating time, each mooring is allocated according to the points earned by the owner. Points can be earned by contributing to the maintenance of the moorings, clubhouse or contributing in otherways to the running of the club.
To be eligible for a mooring the owner must be a member of the club, the boat must hold third party insurance for at least £2million.
The club provides trot chains which cross the creeks, and to which the boat owner attaches the risers to their mooring buoys.
Application forms for the moorings are available from the club, this website (MS-
Moorings are allocated at the begining of the season (in March), the allocation of
the moorings is presented to the boat owners at the annual 'Boat Owners Meeting'
(held in March). Mooring fees are due by the 1st of April, failure to pay by that
date will imply that the mooring is no longer required and is available to be re-
Risers must be of chain, and should be attached to the trot chain using a clove hitch (to reduce wear on the trot chain) the loose end of which is to be made secure to the riser. Attached to the riser should be a mooring buoy capable of lifting the trot chain, the length of the riser chain should correspond to the draft of the boat normally on the mooring. This ensures that the riser is kept as short as possible to reduce the boats from ranging around and colliding in high winds, whilst also allowing the boat to unimpeded access. In general boats further away from the stream side of the trot will have a lesser draft, and so allowing them access over any part of the trot chain that they need to pass.
On each trot the owner of the boat nearest to the stream is designated as the 'trot master' and is responsible for organising the maintenance of the trot. The 'trot master' of the trot nearest to the river is designated as the 'Creek Master' and is responsible for helping the Rear Commodore and Moorings Officer in organising the work needed on the trots and also in allocating the moorings on an annual basis.