So, I am going to be moving my boat from a nice, safe and secluded slip, to a
mooring buoy out in the harbour. Yes, the mooring is big enough, yes I will be
using at least 2 unequal pendants of good quality (probably at least 3/4"), and
yes I will be using chafe guard where appropriate. Assume also that any
hardware would have backing plates as large as practically possible.
My current deck hardware consists of a central 6" or so cleat, with a small
teak backing plate. An anchor roller of unknown quality and fit (I have never
used it), and a small chock that serves no purpose since the hawse pipe blocks
a fair lead from the cleat to the chock. Deck is balsa cored glass, toerail is
standard C&C, so an aluminum L section perforated rail bolted though the deck
and hull on roughly 3-4" intervals. Basically, whatever I do is going to
require a fair amount of work. Given this, I can't decide on the best route.
1. Try to find some way of putting a cleat on the rail at each side of the bow
- this will likely involve fabricating some sort of mounting block, bolting the
cleat to that, and then through the rail/deck.
2. Fit some chocks (which will likely involve cutting the vertical part of the
L section off) and replace the central cleat with a bigger one, with a bigger
backing plate.
3. Fit a bow eye and moor to that - this might involve running a temp 3rd
mooring line to the deck cleat and then releasing the shackle(s) from the
dinghy, I haven't got on the boat to see if it's feasible from there.
4. Something else I haven't thought of yet.
I'm thinking that option 3 might actually be the better route - doesn't involve
disturbing the toerail at all, and while not the most convenient, it might have
some advantages, namely much less chance of chafe, and a lower attachment point
gives me better scope, plus I'd only have to drill two holes through glass.
I kind of need to make a decision in the next day or three so that I can get
the bits and get going, boat will need to be on the mooring for April 1st, so I
have two weekends after this one.
Mooring will be in Tsehum Harbour, in Sidney, BC. No hurricanes here, 40kts is
the highest gust speed recorded in Sidney in the last 10 years.
What would my fellow C&C'ers suggest?
Cheers,
Paul
Orange Crush
1974 C&C27 MkII
Sidney, BC
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