Sentence examples for mooring up from inspiring English sources

One of the world's most famous superyachts has arrived in London, mooring up alongside a historic British warship on the Thames in the centre of the capital.

While mooring up in the Venice lagoon (near St Mark's Square) might give tourists the kind of views they installed Instagram for, the boats' giant engines are shaking the foundations of the centuries-old city and depositing a huge amount of pollution into the water every year.

While mooring up in the Venetian Lagoon (near St. Mark's Square) might give tourists the kind of views they installed Instagram for, the boats' giant engines are shaking the foundations of the centuries-old city and depositing a huge amount of pollution into the water every year.

Ships moored up in many ports, effectively fogbound.

The masts on skyscrapers were designed for airships to moor up at.

There you can moor up at the jetty feeling like the cat's pyjamas.

Dwarfed by the mighty supply ships moored up in the harbour of St John's, we rowed out across the bay towards the open ocean.

I post where I'm trading on my website and Facebook pages and will sometimes put up posters in a town when I moor up.

Laden with nets and reeking of rotten fish, the rusting dhow Ameera has just been moored up in the small Iraqi port of Al-Faw, 50 miles south-east of Basra.

And a Saturday night scene with a difference, as party beats spilled out from local bars into the candlelit cabins of motorboats, moored up along the waterfront – essentially a floating strip of beautiful people with better sound systems than many London clubs.

Hop on an organised cruise or hire your own motorboat – it's simple to learn the ropes and you can't go far wrong with a chart detailing the best beaches, seal hotspots and places to moor up for food and drink.