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The SeaHelp editorial staff followed up on a recent request from a SeaHelp member. The skipper of a Motor yacht reported a peculiarity of a buoy field In the bay Krivica on Mali Losinj, which regularly leads to uncertainty and dispute. What is it about? The attractive and well-frequented by sailors anchorage Krivica (44° 29.719' N 014° 29.392' E) is...
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The Italian company PME Mare, specialised in mooring technologies since two decades now, has made quite a name for itself in this area. The latest products of the creative minds at PME for leisure skippers: Anchor buoy Grippy Heavy and mooring buoy Clik Easy for anchorage. But which benefits do they really provide? Is their purchase really worth while? Which...
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The subject of ”buoy fields‟ seems to be a legally grey area and quite an emotionally charged subject. As we learnt from the Austrian daily “Kurier“ a skipper, anchoring near a buoy field, was reported to have recently fallen victim to a waste oil attack which irritates a lot of skippers. SeaHelp wanted to know for sure andchecked with the...
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Does it hold or does it not? This was the question for a SeaHelp member last year mooring in a buoy field in the Uvala Podbucina in the area of Kakan island. He documented the buoy’s condition and passed the information on to SeaHelp which, finally, was the deciding factor for our article ”First check, then tie down‟. As the...
Read more“Is it fixed or not?” In Croatia, this anxious question is posed by countless skippers who moor their ship to a buoy instead of anchoring or land in a marina.
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