UncleLuff said:Got a mooring ball right in front of Ivan's 9:30 am and stayed the day/night and left the next morning.
Couldn't have been a nicer experience and was the highlight of the trip. Kids loved it. Dinghied over to Soggy dollar bar around 4 just as all the day tour boats were leaving and had as many pain killers as I wanted (way more than I needed!) For the 4th time that trip thanked my foresight of teaching my 13 year old how to use the dinghy.
Not sure I would anchor there though. Didn't look like there were too many places with enough swing room and all of the boats in the mooring field were swinging every which way. (maybe that was the pain killers though! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />)
Been there done that. Great fun when the weather is settled.
Here is the rub or the Russian Roulette on that. A sudden squall and downburst with gusts from the south or just about any direction other than north. If that mooring fails in the short banging chop the boat is on the beach or into other boats in seconds. Even if everything is perfect on your end with great cleats and chain all the way to the bottom the boats upwind of your could be on top of you in seconds. In the crowd, shallow water, white out conditions(mixed with Rhum) there is little or no place to run and hide.
Again I have done it many times. I understand why many a prudent mariner does not put their hulls or guests in a position where they can lose control in seconds.
Somewhere there is some good YouTube revealing just how fast the conditions can change for the worst in White Bay. The video I am thinking about has the skipper(hubby) yelling at the Admiral for pushing him into the tight spot earlier in the once nice day.
There is other video and stills of a boat destroyed on the rocks between the two beaches.
