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

jhguth

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Aug 21, 2021
12
Beneteau Oceanis 35 Sausalito
This article outlines how long a snubber of certain rope sizes really needs to be to substantially reduce anchor line load.

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!

Advice, experience appreciated!
 
Feb 11, 2017
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former Tartan 30 New London, CT area
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.
 
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