rumblefish said..

The shallower one moved and eventually wore the rope, the deeper one with the boat on it didn't move at all!!!

Karsten said..




When you say "The shallower one moved and eventually wore the rope", do you mean the mooring block relocated a significant distance on its own due to water movement?

And what caused the wear on the strop/rope?

Karsten said..
Thanks for the info Rumble - you would have thought 800kg would dig in not shift. Good to thing to keen in mind.

keensailor said..
I had a new mooring laid around 6 months ago (see drawing and photo below), the bottom is hard sand (not mud) and the block just sits on the hard sand. This is causing a problem whereby the lighter D link chain finds its way underneath the concrete block. This shortens the whole scope of mooring by about 4-5 metres. It will sometimes free itself but I am wondering if I could deploy a mooring bouy somewhere along the mooring, either at junction between the two chains or between the lighter chain and poly rope? Hopefully this would lift the lighter chain off the bottom and prevent it from getting stuck under the block.
The other question is how do I stop the poly rope from chaffing on the bottom at the swivel, you can see in photo.
Thanks

Ramona said..




Usual rough weather in JB keensailor. Hope you have had your mooring sorted. Notice the damage to this 44 up on the beach today. All the damage would have come from hitting other boats on the way to the beach.

keensailor said..




Yeah, saw this on Friday arvo. Apparently it cut loose Friday morning. The damage to the bow was done by a chain some how.
Scary stuff.

GKandCC said..




Ramona, I've often thought that a 100m break wall added onto the slight point which doesn't quite enclose Callala Bay would be a great thing, and prevent the regular 'wash-ups' on that beach. Excuse me while I duck the incoming environmental bombshells!. On second thought the enclosing of Callala Bay would just make JB the premier sailing/boating destination on the South Coast within close reach of Sydney and just drive up Real Estate prices, they'd probably also want to put in a suitably large marina and fill it with stink boats so the overseas investors can park their little used gin palaces in. Some thought-bubbles should be burst before they're taken seriously, maybe.

keensailor said..




Yeah, saw this on Friday arvo. Apparently it cut loose Friday morning. The damage to the bow was done by a chain some how.
Scary stuff.

Ramona said..




One of the blokes made a comment on my Facebook page today that he has one of these on a mooring next to him and it goes crazy in a breeze. The damage to the bow could have been caused by a chain riser! The bow is split and I presumed it was from a collision.