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gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8897
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 12 7:00 am Post subject: why?
such long mooring ropes...I realise that part of it is to allow for the tide.... boats at Ballantrae Harbour

Woo

Joined: 19 Sep 2011
Posts: 787
Location: Mayenne, Pays de Loire

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 12 7:24 am Post subject:
i see the sunshine and blue sky, in Wales! maybe they are training the boats to come back!

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 12 8:48 am Post subject:

Northern Boy

Joined: 04 Oct 2010
Posts: 976

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 12 9:53 am Post subject:

Woo's world wrote:

i see the sunshine and blue sky, in Wales!

maybe they are training the boats to come back!

I think it's Scotland!

Tho the Sun is out in SW Wales today.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 12 10:05 am Post subject:
It looks like a slipway that is quite shallow, so probably needed for low tide to stay afloat?

crofter

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 2252

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 12 11:03 am Post subject:
It might be because on a rough day the backwash from the piers meeting the incoming waves means that the safest place for a boat is a bit further out? Although the larger boat alongside the pier might not fare very well against the concrete. What sort of fetch is there to the right of the photo?

crofter

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 2252

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 12 11:07 am Post subject:

Rob R wrote:

It looks like a slipway that is quite shallow, so probably needed for low tide to stay afloat?

You are correct...

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 12 11:52 am Post subject:

crofter wrote:

Rob R wrote:

It looks like a slipway that is quite shallow, so probably needed for low tide to stay afloat?

You are correct...

*Does a little dance [internal]*

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8897
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 12 8:21 pm Post subject:
Thanks, crofter...we didn't stay long enough to see the tide go out! (South of Girvan, if anyone wondered )

Woo

Joined: 19 Sep 2011
Posts: 787
Location: Mayenne, Pays de Loire

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 12 8:56 pm Post subject:

Northern Boy wrote:

Woo's world wrote:

i see the sunshine and blue sky, in Wales!

maybe they are training the boats to come back!

I think it's Scotland!

Tho the Sun is out in SW Wales today.

didnt see the bit at the bottom of the picture.
i was too busy admiring the sunshine!

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