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gz



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 12 7:00 am    Post subject: why? Reply with quote
    

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
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 12 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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.
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 12 8:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    


Northern Boy



Joined: 04 Oct 2010
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 12 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 12 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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

crofter



Joined: 11 Feb 2007
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 12 11:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 12 11:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
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Location: York
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 12 11:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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: 8562
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 12 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
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Location: Mayenne, Pays de Loire
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 12 8:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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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