3 ms·
In practice, it's often more. A swing radius of several nautical miles is fairly normal. My knowledge is rusty, but, IIRC, for a shallow water mooring buoy you
by mumblemumble 7y ago
In practice, it's often more. A swing radius of several nautical miles is fairly normal.
My knowledge is rusty, but, IIRC, for a shallow water mooring buoy you assume a radius of about half the water's depth. I'm not sure if there's a similar rule of thumb for deep water buoys.