Report Review
Beaufort is one of our favorite stops so when high winds were predicted a few nights ago we were happy to have the option of getting a ball here. Unfortunately we tried 4 different balls and were unable to pull up the pendant. When I called the office they said it’s a reoccurring problem, the pendants get wrapped around the chain. This problem could be solved by putting a float on the pendant so it can’t get wrapped. We spent two nights in the marina and they were great, Beaufort is a great stop. We were on the fuel dock, so during the high winds we were broadside to the wind and waves. It would have been so much more comfortable on a ball where our boat could have pointed into the wind and waves.
We were excited when the mooring field was added a few years ago, but because this is a reoccurring issue, the end result of the field being full of balls that can’t be used is loss of a good anchorage. You used to be able to anchor where the balls are, now it’s wasted space.