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Please fit pick-up lines to eco-moorings
I write further to a letter from Andrew Beveridge of Yealm Yacht Club about the problems of picking up the new eco-moorings at Studland Bay, and the reply from boatfolk published in Yachting Monthly (January 22), which concerns me.
My opinion is exactly the same as the one expressed by Andrew Beveridge that pick-up lines need to be fitted to the new eco-moorings. The reply from boatfolk seems dismissive especially: ‘…most will have a second crew member.’ What about those that don’t?
I don’t want to get into a debate about the different ways to pick up a mooring. I have tried them all many times. I am not