Moorings

[ahp]

I have been told by some people that should know what they are talking about, here in Georgia that the State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources does not permit permanent moorings, of any kind, not even in designated anchorage areas! It is a regulation, not a law, and people who have looked into this have hit a stone bureaucratic stone wall. I need to investigate further myself.

It is kind of sad. Near where I live there is a designated ancharage area which is fairly large and is unused.

Where I used to keep boats, in Connecticut and Massachusetts, there was usually a harbor master and he told you where you could put your mooring, and might specify what it should be, usually a mushroom. Not here in the State of Georgia.

Forumites, what is the situation where you are?

[formerlyknownasprince]

Mine isn't permanent - its just a large concrete anchor that I tend to leave in place whenever I take the boat somewhere. I pull this "anchor" up once a year to check it - so it definitely isn't "permanent". Check the wording of your regulations - I'd say permanent is immovable - something which most moorings I know of are not - all a matter of definition.

Ian

[uncas]

ahp...how is a permanent mooring defined...?

[Stiletto]

I heard of a fellow with the same problem who got hold of a huge old anchor and used that. I think it depends whether 'anchorage' means the anchor is hauled onto the boat when it goes sailing.

My mooring is much the same as Igatenby's.

[ 12-04-2005, 08:55 PM: Message edited by: Stiletto ]

[ahp]

Uncas, that is a good point and is something I need to look into. One person that looked into this said that you could not leave a mooring boay. I need to verify.

[PaulC]

"One person that looked into this said that you could not leave a mooring buoy"...

Build a real small dinghy! That should make an attractive mooring "non-buoy".

[ahp]

PaulC, that is something I had not thought of, thanks.