Category: Berthing & Mooring
How yachts actually lie in Raja Ampat: harbour reality at Waisai, the conservation mooring network, buoy inspection and etiquette, and reading tidal stream before you commit a hull.
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Reading Tidal Stream Before You Pick Up a Mooring in the Dampier Strait
Tidal stream in the Dampier Strait governs mooring approaches, swinging circles and tender work. How to read it before committing a yacht to a buoy.
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Buoy Etiquette in Raja Ampat: Sharing Water With the Liveaboard Fleet
How visiting yachts should share Raja Ampat's mooring buoys and dive sites with the liveaboard fleet — timing, rafting, dive-site priority and the relationships that follow.
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Why Raja Ampat Has No Superyacht Marina — and What Replaces One
The geographic, economic and conservation reasons Raja Ampat has no superyacht marina, and the distributed system of moorings, anchorages and Sorong logistics that works instead.
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Stern Lines Ashore in Karst Bays: When It Works and When It Does Not
Taking a line ashore in Raja Ampat's steep-to karst bays — when it is the right seamanship, when it is prohibited or damaging, and how to rig it without harming the shoreline.
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How to Inspect a Mooring Buoy Before You Trust It Overnight
A practical inspection routine for Raja Ampat conservation moorings: what to look at on the riser, the fixing and the surface tackle before committing a hull for the night.