Strops

The Moorings sub-committee offers a service of removing mooring strops to MYC mooring buoys. This is part of the mooring service and forms part of the maintenance fee.

Strop-removal is planned from mid-October to late December, although additional sessions may be arranged if required. To have your strop removed please complete the form on this page.

Your strop will be removed and placed on the tree - it is your responsibility to collect your strop ASAP and the moorings team recommend this is done within 1-2 weeks of removal.

If you are planning to leave your boat in the water over the winter period and require the strop moving from Main to Bury Area please send a request by separate email to mooringstrops@marchwoodyc.org.uk. This may require the Strop or Mooring team to move your boat if you are not available when the strop is scheduled to be moved.

THE 'SMALL PRINT'

MYC will endeavour, but cannot guarantee, to fit/remove your strop by the date you ask us to.

Strop-fitting/removal sessions are subject to cancellation if weather conditions are considered unsafe, if the launch, equipment or personnel are not available on the day, or if other unforeseen events outside of our control prevent them going ahead as planned. We will attempt to notify you when this happens. We will then attempt to fit/remove your strop no later than the next planned session, or will arrange an additional session if appropriate.

MYC will not accept responsibility for strops whilst on the fence around the tree, nor after the fitting or removal is completed.

If the mooring strop or shackle that you provide is considered to be excessively worn, damaged or otherwise unsuitable for use on MYC moorings, we will refuse to fit that strop. No charge will be made if the fitting was due to take place during a planned session.

The following are available for sale from MYC:

Whether you get your strop through us or from elsewhere, the following can help you ensure that you get the correct length. If in doubt, please ask. Advice is free, occasionally inescapable.

How to measure a vessel for a strop.

Take a length of cord and attach to the mooring cleat of your vessel with a loop.

Feed the cord over the bow roller and eyeball an angle of approx 40 degrees forward from an imaginary line straight down to the water from your bow roller.

Continue the cord down that line and approximately 200mm below the waterline.

Measure the cord from the loop to below the waterline and that will be your required strop length.

Boats needing a bridle strop(s) can use the same principle but will vary with design.

Thanks in advance for your co-operation, and especially to all the members who will be volunteering their time and skills to provide this service.

"If it needs doing, do it"