Cardingmill Bay

Cardingmill Bay Mooring Owners Association

 mooring specifications

standard mooring design specification available to download here

CBMOA has standard mooring specifications which include annual maintenance requirements -  all work for which which must be met or exceeded by a competent HSE contractor holding Professional Liability insurance for his business.

 annual declaration

Each year as part of membership renewal, owners of moorings are required to declare the annual maintenance requirements are in place -

•  the mooring has been correctly inspected and made good by a competent contractor within the previous twelve months, and is therefore covered by that contractors insurance.
  • It is possible for an owner to carry out maintenance work on his mooring himself, if he wishes, provided he obtains a subsequent favourable inspection report from a professional contractor to cover it
    
• any vessel using their mooring carries Third Party liability insurance as a minimum

Where moorings are not maintained correctly, and are not covered by contactors insurance, the mooring’s owner is at risk of being sued for compensation in the event of any accident. 

Where a vessel breaks free from its mooring and damages another; or a vessel is damaged by a sunken mooring, rope, chain or buoy constituting a serious danger to navigation - at high tide a mooring may just be under the water surface - the mooring’s owner without proper insurance cover may face serious consequences arising from his negligence from compensation claims .

Inspections carried out by the moorings contractor to warrant the mooring's suitability for its purpose are normally valid for 6 months; so where a mooring is planned to be in use year round, 2 inspections are usually required annually.

The Association will not enter into disputes between the mooring holders and/or their contractors and/or their insurers.

The annual lease runs from 1st January to 31st December each year.

 

Crown Estate tags

All established moorings must display the official CE tag throughout the year - the tag’s purpose is to identify licensed moorings to the CE’s Marine Officers during regular inspections. Where a mooring is dropped for the winter, the tag must go on the marker float so that it remains available to be checked by the CE. The CE will take action against illegal unlicensed moorings, which can lead to serious fines and considerable expenses of court proceedings.


IMPORTANT NOTICE - CROWN ESTATE TAG 2010

The Crown Estate Mooring Tags issued in Spring 2010 remain valid until 31st December 2014

Attach your new tag as soon as possible.

Please note - it is the responsibility of each individual mooring holder to ensure the tag is fixed securely to the mooring pickup.

If you do not attach your tag, or your mooring is found without a current valid tag, the CE Marine Officer is likely to make further enquiries, potentially leading to a £50 charge if the CE has to replace it.

Take good care of your tag; it has to last to end of 2014 at least! CBMOA suggest that the CE tag number is additionally marked on your mooring buoy in case the tag is lost. If you lose it tell us at once, and we’ll order a replacement, for which there may be a charge.

more about the Crown Estate Commission here

surface float

Moorings not marked by a surface float will be regarded as relinquished and CBMOA may wish to reallocate the position to another person to avoid sterilisation of the space.

CBMOA has the right to lift unregistered and unpaid moorings within the area administered by them and intends to implement this where necessary.