Is adding a mooring compensator to a snubber a good Idea?

[jhguth]

This article outlines how long a snubber of certain rope sizes really needs to be to substantially reduce anchor line load.

What is Ideal Snubber Size? - Practical Sailor

Since 1974, Practical Sailor’s independent testing has taken the guesswork out of boat and gear buying.

www.practical-sailor.com

It's LONG!!!

I noticed that the book "The Happy Hooker" suggests adding a mooring compensator to an anchor rode to give it more stretch (and load reduction). Does anyone have experience with this?

This article reviews 12 such devices, and actually the Unimer U-Cleat looks pretty good!

PBO Tested: 12 mooring snubbers - Practical Boat Owner

David Pugh tests 12 readily-available snubbers to find out which one best absorbs a snatch load

www.pbo.co.uk

Advice, experience appreciated!

 

[Al Schober]

There's not much to any of those rubber things to absorb energy. My mooring was pretty standard: mushroom (4% of displacement), heavy chain (depth of water), light chain. I added a piece of I-Beam (100#) to the heavy/light junction. By my calculation, it doubled the energy absorption of the system.