Knowledge & practice: The mooring ring - Holds even without a hook: The mooring ring as a replacement for the anchor

AsMuring refers to a device consisting of a basic anchorage (usually a heavyAnchor stone of concrete), aTableware of chain and leash and possibly aMuringtonne or buoy to which a boat can moor. The mooring ring therefore replaces the boat's own anchor and has theAdvantagethat, thanks to their higher weight, they have significantlyMore holding power available. A distinction is made between three types:

1. Muring fields have no land connection. They are often found in bays without jetties or in outer harbours. Alone (or in a pack), the boat is free to swing around its buoy. A dinghy is therefore mandatory for going ashore.
2. Mooring places with stern buoy can be found in many harbours in the Scandinavian Baltic region. The bow is usually moored to the jetty with two fore lines, as in a box with poles. The stern, however, is attached to the ring of a mooring buoy with a long stern line, either on a slip or hooked in with a special carabiner construction. As a rule, it goes ashore via the foredeck and pulpit.
3. Muring areas with ground line are standard in the Mediterranean, for example in city harbours with quay walls. There, the stern lies against the pier; the foredeck is held by a heavy mooring line that runs from the top of the wall over the ground to the anchor stone and must first be brought on board and led forwards before it can be tied up. Larger yachts therefore often have a gangway that bridges the low-lying bathing platform.