Mooring line Chafe gear

[Swampyankee]

I recently moved my S2 9.2a to a new marina. The owner mentioned chafe gear on the mooring line, which got me thinking. In the old marina, I had used old blue jeans and garden hose with varying degrees of success.
The problem unique to 9.2's (or at least the ones I've seen) is that the cleats are mounted at the edge of the bow, with no chock to guide it. My boat survived a couple storms in the old marina, but I noticed that the inside of the eye on the mooring pendant takes some wear where it rubs on the cleat as the boat swings. In fact, after one surprise storm the line had started to melt at one spot (which prompted me to add chafe gear, blue jean material IIRC).
The other spot that can cause chafe is on the forestay chainplate where it runs down the bow. A mooring line can be sawn up and down the chainplate when the boat swings on it's mooring.

Has anyone noticed any other places that are prone to chafe on a mooring line for these boats? And what seems to work the best for chafe gear in these applications?

 

[Jackdaw]

If the rubbing is too much for hose, then leather is your best bet. Strips sewn into tubes and pulled over the line.

 

[redhead78]

Old firehose is supposed to work great...Red

 

[py26129]

Old firehose is supposed to work great...Red

It does and it's cheap. With a bit of research, I found mine free at a place that does hydrostatic tesitng of firehose. They were happy to give me as much failed hose as I wanted.

Cheers

Matt

 

[sailcruiser]

I have loads of firehose I picked up on eBay for a few bucks from a local town nearby. For chafe protection though I use Chafe Pro covers nothing else has done better for me and I've tried everything but leather. I use firehose on the dock posts.
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[Kordie]

Old firehose is supposed to work great...Red

This may sound dumb .....

Canvas or rubber fire hose?

 

[sailcruiser]

I'm not a firehose expert by any stretch but mine appears more canvas than rubber.

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Edited to add: what I bought was called Cotten jacket firehose if it helps.

 

[Swampyankee]

I have loads of firehose I picked up on eBay for a few bucks from a local town nearby. For chafe protection though I use Chafe Pro covers nothing else has done better for me and I've tried everything but leather. I use firehose on the dock posts.
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Thanx for the replies. I ordered a pair of Chafe Pro from Defender. I plan to use one around the eye of the mooring pendant, and the other at the point in the line where it rubs on the forestay chainplate at extreme angles of swing. If that isn't enough I might be able to get some used fire hose from a guy at work who is also a Lieutenant on the local Fire Dept'. I might get some anyway to put on the gunwales of our dinghy.

 

[sailcruiser]

I've been very impressed by the Chafe Pro product. (No affiliation just a happy customer). I hope you find the same.

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[Maine Sail]

I have loads of firehose I picked up on eBay for a few bucks from a local town nearby. For chafe protection though I use Chafe Pro covers nothing else has done better for me and I've tried everything but leather. I use firehose on the dock posts.
SC

Nothing beats Chafe Pro unless you have Spectra storm pendants and Spectra chafe sleeves...

 

[Swampyankee]

I was kind of looking for suggestions specific to chafe gear use on an S2 9.2. However, I got to the boat on Sunday to find that the boatyard manager had, for some reason, run the mooring from the starboard bow cleat around behind the port cleat, using it as a chock, and then to the mooring. IT makes sense because the line on the cleat is sideways and doesn't work back and forth on just the backside of the cleat as the boat swings.
I had thought of doing that myself but wasn't sure whether he'd "approve".
So I wrapped one Chafe Pro piece around the line where it passed behind the "chock" cleat, and the other on the line where it would rub on the forestay chainplate at extreme angles of swing. I also zip-tied the top and bottom of that one to keep it from sliding down the line. We'll see how they survive.