Mooring...What are your thoughts

_C_H_R_I_S_ · 06-25-2007, 10:14 AM

I have a bucket filled with concrete attached to the front of my jet ski used only as an achor point. I had attached a floating ball to that line so people dont accidently step on it...The back of the jet ski is attached to the dock. It has been like this for three years and there has never been a problem but this year MP decide to put a warning sticker on it saying it is illegally moored. I took the floating ball off from the line thinking they consider it a mooring because this was on there. What are the laws on this? The weight in the front is an achor not a mooring...I take it out when I take the jet ski out at the end of the season. I thought that a boat is not considered moored as long as it is somehow attached to a dock, isnt this correct?

Mooring: a place where a craft can be made fast

Anchor: a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

Let me know what your thoughts are on this situation...I called MP and they didnt have an answer for me, they said to call the mooring department. I will be doing that but want as much info as possible before I do especially if there is no problem with this setup...Thanks in advance.

06-25-2007, 10:14 AM	#1
_C_H_R_I_S_ Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Mooring...What are your thoughts I have a bucket filled with concrete attached to the front of my jet ski used only as an achor point. I had attached a floating ball to that line so people dont accidently step on it...The back of the jet ski is attached to the dock. It has been like this for three years and there has never been a problem but this year MP decide to put a warning sticker on it saying it is illegally moored. I took the floating ball off from the line thinking they consider it a mooring because this was on there. What are the laws on this? The weight in the front is an achor not a mooring...I take it out when I take the jet ski out at the end of the season. I thought that a boat is not considered moored as long as it is somehow attached to a dock, isnt this correct? Mooring: a place where a craft can be made fast Anchor: a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving Let me know what your thoughts are on this situation...I called MP and they didnt have an answer for me, they said to call the mooring department. I will be doing that but want as much info as possible before I do especially if there is no problem with this setup...Thanks in advance.