[C320-list] Mooring line question

[Gene Helfman]

We use a long-enough length of fire hose as chafe guard (stitched at both
ends to the mooring line so it can't slide) at the point of contact in the
bridle.

On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> The last time we took a mooring in Annapolis and used a bridle, the harbor
> guy told us we couldn't do that unless we used a cow-nose hitch for the
> attachment. Seems too many cases of the mooring line sawing through the
> bend in the bridle. Made sense to me.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Helfman [mailto:genehelfman at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2015 12:33 AM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Mooring line question
>
> I'm with Mike; we always use a bridle, with both ends finished in an
> eye-splice.
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Arthur Freedman <saltyvet at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have 2 pennants for my 310 at our home mooring.  Several years ago my
> > claw anchor cut through one pennant and almost the second during a storm.
> > I now store my anchor in the well unless I am cruising.  The boat
> swinging
> > on the mooring in an  minimally protected harbor vs a well sheltered
> > harbor  determine if I leave my anchor int he roller.
> >
> > Art Freedman
> >
> >
> > On Jun 5, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Dprudden <dprudden at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > Jeff, I spliced a "y" into my mooring pennant so I never worry about it
> > hooking my Manson.
> > Could you make the same thing that would hook (or tie) into the mooring
> > eye? It would easily store in your anchor locker.
> >
> > David Prudden
> > #787
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Jun 5, 2015, at 8:07 AM, Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > When on a mooring with a single pennant line, we always use cleat off
> on
> > the
> > > port side cleat.  Otherwise the mooring line seems to catch the anchor
> > all
> > > night.  Even just using the Port side cleat causes issues if the
> > > current/wind cause the boat to swing.  In those cases, we usually have
> to
> > > pull our delta on deck for the night or the line seems to catch on the
> > point
> > > of the anchor when swinging.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > A riding sail could help a little sometimes, as does positioning the
> > boom to
> > > one side or another to balance the wind.  But of course, the wind
> always
> > > changes overnight so it's not a perm. fix.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any novel solutions here like a custom bridle that
> they
> > can
> > > just clip onto the (frequently gross sea creature encrusted) pennant?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -Jeff Hare
> > >
> > > #809
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Arthur Freedman, DVM
> > Hawthorne Animal Health Care
> > 978-741-2300
> > saltyvet at mindspring.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Gene Helfman, Professor Emeritus
> Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
> PERMANENT address:
>     498 Shoreland Dr., Lopez Is., WA 98261
>     (360) 468-2136
>     genehelfman at gmail.com
>
> "You noticed nobody gives a damn about beached minnows."
>
>
>


-- 
Gene Helfman, Professor Emeritus
Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
PERMANENT address:
    498 Shoreland Dr., Lopez Is., WA 98261
    (360) 468-2136
    genehelfman at gmail.com

"You noticed nobody gives a damn about beached minnows."