As someone whose C&C 25 went through 4 small and 1 large hurricanes on a
mooring at Key Biscayne:
You want to size mooring lines so there is some give, just like an anchor line.
Bigger is not necessarily better.
In a large storm, stagger maybe 5 lines of different length so that one takes
over as another breaks. They will break in big storms.
I never saw a mooring cleat pull out. Lines always went first. A main culprit
was an unusually large wave that would pull the bow up and snap a perfectly
good, protected line. Make the lines as long as they can be in a storm.
I was on a helix mooring. The anchors always held, but a weak point was the
line from the helix to the mooring. They need to be replaced every few years or
after particularly bad storms like hurricanes.
Duct tape makes good chafe guard in a fix.
Jack Brennan
Former C&C 25
Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30
Tierra Verde, Fl.
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From: Graham Collins via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Date:03/14/2015 11:06 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Paul Baker <pjbake...@hotmail.com>,cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Deck hardware for mooring
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