mooring

Mr Bane said he had woken up when he heard the anchor alarm - which rings if the boat is straying from its mooring - and realised that Sarm was no longer on the yacht.

Authorities said the port and a fish processing facility had been flooded, and vessels had been swept from their moorings.

In a way the rising take-up for these memberships reflects India's broader post-liberalisation growth story – when the country opened up to the world and discarded its socialist moorings.

Yacht moorings: During renovations, he spent time on one of his yachts anchored in the Potomac River and another penthouse apartment.

The mooring lines tethered to the ocean floor are made of rope nearly thick as a telephone pole and under heavy tension.