Mooring my boat

[fourwinnsnate]

So I need to moor my boat at a place I am camping because I don't trust the docks.
What is the best way to moor? The owner of the campsite has anchors on the bottom and cables coming up from there to a float where I can hook.
I have an anchor buddy for when I anchor my boat but it stretches out to 30' in a bad storm. So what I'm thinking is to hook up the anchor buddy to take out the shock and then have a rope about 15' that will stop the anchor buddy from expanding the full amount and also give more strength so there is no chance of it breaking.
Does this sound about right?
Thanks
Nate

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Mooring my boat

not sure what you are asking.

Just clip your bow line to the mooring bouy and you're done. The boat swings free with the wind/current.

Or are you using your own anchor? If so I like the back-up of a second line over the anchor buddy, but it's more important how you set your anchor and how much line you give it. For that you should consult the locals.

Using the bouy and a second anchor is tricky; consult the locals.

 

[fourwinnsnate]

Re: Mooring my boat

not sure what you are asking.

Just clip your bow line to the mooring bouy and you're done. The boat swings free with the wind/current.

Ok well his mooring lines are quite short and stand nearly straight up so I was thinking I would need some slack so that my boat could ride up and down the waves nicely and not get pulled down into them
thanks
Nate

 

[spoilsofwar]

Re: Mooring my boat

I can envision what you're talking about; The two lines will be in parallel, and in effect the anchor buddy is going to act as a "snubber" and the line will be slack - unless the anchor buddy stretches so much that the line slack is completely taken up, at which point, even though the anchor buddy can stretch more, the boat will be held by the line to the anchor buoy.

I see nothing wrong with your plan.. How long is your anchor buddy when its fully contracted? I thought mine was about 15' long and stretched to 50', but maybe I have a larger version or something.

 

[shrew]

Re: Mooring my boat

The scope on a mooring is much shorter than when traditionally anchoring. A traditional morring uses all chain and it does look like it is going straight down most of the time due to the weight of the chain. If this guy is using cables you might be looking at the same effect. If all you're looking to do is add some scope than just use a length of line for a mooring pennant. Use a 15ft. line and shackle it to the mooring, then tie it to your boat. That will give you the extra scope youre worried about.

forget about anything that is going to potentially have a variable length. No sense is accidentlly creating too large of a swing radius and swinging into other boats.

 

[Ned L]

Re: Mooring my boat

As Shrew said, ... and also as he said, use a shackle (preferred) or actually tie to the mooring bouy, don't use just a snap hook as they can actually 'unclip' themselves amazingly easily if manuvered around just right.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Mooring my boat

It's my understanding that mooring bouys do not have scope, and do hang almost vertically, due to a heavier weight at the bottom. So no need to re-engineer his bouy by adding scope; if you think your boat will pull loose due to the weather you won't want to be boating and camping anyway.

In fact it seems to me--uninformed opinion--that with a mooring bouy designed to be vertical, adding scope would put a different force on it and maybe cause it to drag?