Posted by tedious on 06/09/14 - 8:40 AM
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billjnh wrote:
Hi -
I have a new mooring for my 1985 13 Whaler for this season. For those who have theirs on a mooring, what is the best way to attach, I was thinking the primary on Norman Pin and a secondary on the bow eye. I have read differing opinions on using stainless carabiners / clip setups.
I'm a mooring newbie, any pictures, especially of the norman clip tie off / advice would be appreciated!!
Bill, I use a clip-style mooring pennant from here: http://www.defender.com/category.jsp?path=-1|2276108&id=2226886 attached to a nest-top mooring buoy from here: http://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1|2276108|2276138|2276139&id=1637478
I use a swivel between the pennant and the shackle on top of the buoy to prevent twist. I clip the pennant to the bow eye as the primary connection, and use a simple dock line as a safety line looped around the backside of the clip. I lead the safety line throught the bow chock, a couple of times through the interior eye, and cleat off on the Norman pin. That way no matter what you don't end up with a lot of strain on the Norman pin, which it wasn't designed for.
You'll find that making the primary connection lower down, to the tow eye, makes the boat lie a lot quieter at the mooring. And no matter what, you don't want two separate lines to the mooring buoy - that's a guaranteed snarl.
Tim