On my mooring we have two separate pennants. Having one passed through the ring on the buoy and then back to the boat will lead to failure from chafe at the ring. An additional problem I had on my 40 and on my current boat was that my anchor is stowed on a roller on the bow. I have to tie it up to the pulpit so it clears the mooring pennant. Andy Masquerade. Newport
Andrew Burton 26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ https://burtonsailing.com/ phone +401 965 5260 On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 9:34 AM Ken Heaton via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > We use the 'Pool Noodle' approach mentioned further down in that thread. > It works well. > > Ken H. > > On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 08:47, David Knecht via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> Hi - I read that Marine How-To article and then came across this which >> was not encouraging: >> https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/mooring-pendant-debacle.185630/ >> I plan to use a double, but not link them together. Dave >> >> Dr. David Knecht >> Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology >> University of Connecticut >> 91 N. Eagleville Rd. >> U-3125 >> Storrs, CT 06269-3125 >> 860-486-2200 >> >> On Apr 3, 2020, at 8:04 PM, <djhaug...@juno.com> <djhaug...@juno.com> >> wrote: >> >> <https://marinehowto.com/mooring-pendants-thoughts-musings/> >> https://marinehowto.com/mooring-pendants-thoughts-musings/ >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> *Sent:* Thursday, April 2, 2020, 3:20 PM >> *To:* CnC discussion list CnC >> *Cc:* David Knecht >> *Subject:* Stus-List Mooring pendants >> >> I am planning to get a new pendant for my mooring float and have been >> reading up on the topic. I am surprised by the variety of solutions I am >> seeing and few are complete. My plan was to put a nylon pendant and >> luggage hitch on a NE Ropes cyclone dyneema segment on one arm of the >> double. The cyclone is 5’ or 8’ long. My old pendant is 12’ long. So I >> am thinking a 5’ cyclone and 7-8 foot nylon/poly 3/4” for one side. What >> I am more unsure of is what to do with the other arm of the pendant. I >> like the idea of a double as it gives redundancy in the event of a failure >> at that part of the chain of connections. Presumable, I would do that in >> all nylon/poly. But should it be the same length or longer so it only >> comes into play in the event of a primary failure. Alternatives I see are >> making it the same length or making it shorter so that the dynema arm is >> the emergency backup. I thought the science of this would be all worked >> out by now but it seems not. The results of the cyclone/dyneema study in >> the Boston area seems to be pretty strong that it does not fail due to >> chafe which was the major source of failures in that area. So perhaps the >> second pendant is overkill? Dave >> >> >> S/V Aries >> 1990 C&C 34+ >> New London, CT >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each >> and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> >> _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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