Agree w Jim.
I had some bad experience w snubbers when the line went straight and the
snubbers just twisted so the line went straight and my boat was pinned against
the dock. I removed them and use only 3 strand twisted nylon and nylon double
braid for docklines. I met a gentleman who lives aboard his Hunter 34 however
who swears by snubbers for his boat. He has them on every dockline. He also
loves Tide Minders. Swears by both and tries to talk me into them whenever he
sees me. Different strokes.
Chuck
Resolute
1990 C&C 34R
Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Watts via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
To: "Eric Cahn" <ec.turtl...@gmail.com>, "1 CnC List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 6:52:14 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Deck hardware for mooring
Be very careful with snubbers. When I worked at West we had to replace several
sets of mooring lines that had been eaten by WM snubbers. Those were not a good
design at all.
Jim Watts
Paradigm Shift
C&C 35 Mk III
Victoria, BC
On 14 March 2015 at 15:42, Eric Cahn via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com >
wrote:
{{{>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.}}}
What about using line snubbers for the main pennants and a safety backup set to
the maximum stretch of the snubber. This seems it would help the shock loads on
the pennants AND on the mooring line. Perhaps even run a couple of snubbers in
series to really reduce shock. Just an idea. Could it work?
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