Med Mooring

Med mooring (stern-to or bows-to mooring) berths a boat at right angles to a quay, holding the seaward end with the boat’s own anchor or a marina-laid lazy line while two stern lines run ashore. It packs many boats along a short quay, which is why it is standard in crowded Mediterranean marinas with little tidal range. The technique demands controlled astern steering, a well-set anchor, and crew handling lines fore and aft; cross-winds and fouled neighboring anchors are the usual hazards. It contrasts with alongside (parallel) berthing common in tidal harbors.