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Brooklyn Mooring

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Created by nickic 5 months ago, 29 Jun 2025
nickic
NSW, 60 posts
29 Jun 2025 5:21PM
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We are considering a new boat and moving from Sydney Harbour to Brooklyn. Mooring map shows availability at The Gut. Anyone know what situation is with tenders and access? Thanks.

Planter
NSW, 161 posts
30 Jun 2025 5:37PM
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Very restricted/expensive parking + ? dinghy storage ?
Check Hornsby Council !

r13
NSW, 1712 posts
30 Jun 2025 6:27PM
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Don't know where the gut is but if you have the chance to escape the circus/asylum of the harbour to Brooklyn I would take it straight up. Pack your own inflatable and oars or outboard in your boot?

maps.transport.nsw.gov.au/maritime/moorings/private-moorings/map/index.html#/cartomap

boatingdownunder.com.au/1730-2/

nickic
NSW, 60 posts
1 Jul 2025 3:23PM
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thanks, think we will do a recce on the parking situation at the weekend. We have an inflatable with the current boat and take it with us each time. We get a Walker Bay tender with the new one. Even the small inflatable is a bit heavy for me to handle on my own onto the roof or deflated into the car.

Planter
NSW, 161 posts
1 Jul 2025 6:09PM
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Definitely worth a recce,especially at weekends ,as gets very tight.
Used to pop in there for a break,on the way home ,but has become too fraught,especially if get entangled with a caravan .
? Get a new/lighter inflatable,that is more manageable with a collapsible trolley+transom wheels.
+ Walker Bay a threat to life,unless has inflatable gunnel rubber !

woko
NSW, 1745 posts
1 Jul 2025 7:31PM
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Gee planter are you suggesting that the walker bay dingy is unstable ? . less stable than a inflatable sure, but no less than any other rigid / proper wee boat ? I've been tossing up between getting a walker or building one of Ian oughtreds tenders

Planter
NSW, 161 posts
2 Jul 2025 6:23AM
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Ok . Maybe being a bit harsh. Had the 8ft sailing version,trying to recapture childhood,but at 1.8m/100kg,with ? back,was an error !!
Aesthetically pleasing,compared to wee square boats/catamarans,but not as stable. Easily driven by mini 18lb Watersnake/25amp lithium battery. More manageable with gunnel rubber,but then not the item to leave on the foreshore dinghy rack,as most pinchable !
Sold on to a family,with pre-teens, as sail trainer = ideal + fits well on roofracks / all gear fitted inside .
Get the 10footer ?
Now have dinged up 10ft Tinny,under the tree,with removeable transom wheels,driven by 24lb Watersnake,that gets you there - just, but not in any breeze !



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