The Old Victory Moorings

Having already been re-located from the north shore of Coaling Island to the Rooke foreshore in about 1990, to accommodate the reclamation of the area to be used as a “football pitch” come temporary coach park, the Victory moorings were on the move again during the 2007 pre-season.

The Mid-Harbour reclamation was being constructed in the waters immediately in front of Rooke and the Victory moorings ground-tackle had therefore to be recovered from the sea-bed and re-located during February 2007.

The new location was off the Europort shore, immediately in front of the Hospital and Europlaza buildings. Two trots have been laid parallel to the shore, in depths ranging from 8 – 11 metres.

Since the new moorings are exposed to a considerable fetch during Westerly and South-Westerly winds, the 2007 Victory sailing season ended earlier than usual. This allowed owners to haul out their boats before the onset of wintry weather.