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Mud Flat Mooring?
Cy	#1  Posted on 08/19/15 - 4:50 PM
Member Posts: 77 Comments: 0 Joined: 03/23/08	My summer home has tidal water front with 100 yards of soft mud (ankle deep) to real water at low tide. Any problems mooring a V-20 on the flats or should I keep it further out in the permanent water? Did both with a Daysailer and one time, on the flats, it sat on its anchor cracking the fiberglass.
wing15601	#2  Posted on 08/19/15 - 7:15 PM
Member Posts: 699 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/14/12	Then use two anchors and tie off between them. I winter in Ft. Myers and summer in St. Joseph, Michigan. It’s now about 12 years since I’ve joined this group. I gave my 1972 whaler to my daughter and sold the 17’. Bought an O’Day 28 sailboat and sailed on Lake Michigan. Yesterday I bought a 2005 130 Sport.
tedious	#3  Posted on 08/20/15 - 2:29 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1072 Comments: 2 Joined: 09/07/08	Yes, it's a bad idea. I am sure the Whaler hull is less durable than your daysailor - they're like eggs. Two anchors is asking for trouble in Maine - between wind and tide you're sure to swamp sooner rather than later. Deep water is much preferable. Tim
tmann45	#4  Posted on 08/20/15 - 7:32 AM
Member Posts: 196 Comments: 0 Joined: 02/18/07	Cy wrote: Did both with a Daysailer and one time, on the flats, it sat on its anchor cracking the fiberglass. You can solve the sitting on the anchor problem by using a helix anchor and burying the top a foot or so in the mud.
Cy	#5  Posted on 08/20/15 - 6:28 PM
Member Posts: 77 Comments: 0 Joined: 03/23/08	Or plan B is just put up with the distance to deep water. I can always use the exercise.
Whalerbob	#6  Posted on 08/24/15 - 6:03 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 311 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/07/06	In good weather/calm I've done it by hammering a PVC pipe into the mud. I drilled a 1/2 inch hole in the middle of the pipe to attach my line and hammered it in so the attach point was almost in the mud to minimize leverage. This was in turtle grass in the FL keys but it was very secure.
Phil T	#7  Posted on 08/25/15 - 9:58 AM
Administrator Personal Page Personal Album Project Albums Posts: 6986 Comments: 6 Joined: 03/26/05	What do your neighbors do? I would check with the year round locals and commercial guys. I know a few who anchor in the tidal flats south of you. They are subject to strong tide and winds so sitting on the anchor is not an issue.
Cy	#8  Posted on 08/26/15 - 2:30 PM
Member Posts: 77 Comments: 0 Joined: 03/23/08	Neighbors on my side don't have boats. The channel favors the far side and that is where the Hinckley and larger moor. Lobster boats are in the main harbor approximately a mile away The flat is clay and shell, and pretty sticky. Didn't know if the clay and 400 lb motor would overcome the stern's buoyancy. Hasn't been a problem for the daysailor, other than anchor damage, but it is light.