It's not that the cleat is badly fitted on the foredeck, I think it's just undersized for a long-term unattended mooring. At most it will accommodate a 1/2" or so line, which I think is too small. Fine if you are on the boat and attending to it, but that's not going to be the case. Given that I would have to cut the rail to fit chocks, and replace that cleat for something bigger, I think I'll just go with fabricating a mounting block over the rail and putting cleats straight onto that, through-bolted and backed of course. Less points for chafe to happen, and it leaves the central cleat free if needed as well. Or maybe a bow eye, but attaching the lines to that may prove troublesome, not sure I want a big shackle smacking into the bow. Cheers, Paul.
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 10:10:15 -0700 To: jackbren...@bellsouth.net; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Deck hardware for mooring From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Paul, you will be happy to know you can keep track of your boat when it's out there. http://bulletcam.ca/images/portfolio/axisq60.jpg The view changes every so often, but rotates through about six set angles. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 14 March 2015 at 09:10, jackbrennan via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: As someone whose C&C 25 went through 4 small and 1 large hurricanes on a mooring at Key Biscayne: You want to size mooring lines so there is some give, just like an anchor line. Bigger is not necessarily better. In a large storm, stagger maybe 5 lines of different length so that one takes over as another breaks. They will break in big storms. I never saw a mooring cleat pull out. Lines always went first. A main culprit was an unusually large wave that would pull the bow up and snap a perfectly good, protected line. Make the lines as long as they can be in a storm. I was on a helix mooring. The anchors always held, but a weak point was the line from the helix to the mooring. They need to be replaced every few years or after particularly bad storms like hurricanes. Duct tape makes good chafe guard in a fix. Jack BrennanFormer C&C 25Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30Tierra Verde, Fl. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO -------- Original message -------- From: Graham Collins via CnC-List Date:03/14/2015 11:06 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Paul Baker ,cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Deck hardware for mooring _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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