any tips on how to attach a line to a mooring buoy that has no pennant? my boat has high gunnels. i can lie on the deck and lean over, but is there a way to pull a line through the ring without having to lean over an do it by hand?
mooring buoys
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Attach your pennant to the shackle under the ball and add one of these at the end to pick it up.
We used to have an Ericson 27. As I recall, it was pretty easy reaching over the transom to the WL. Just back onto it.
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I have one of these, and I have used it a couple of times. It works well. There is also another brand of mooring device that looks easier to use and has a rotating end. But twice as expensive.......of course. Search for mooring line pickups.Happy Hooker Mooring Hook Tip | West Marine
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Best practice is to have the pendant attach to the ring just below the buoy, which is directly attached to the "Light chain." Then use a pick up buoy to retrieve the pendant. Local set ups vary so it's hard to say what's best for an individual. But, unless the mooring is maintained by a responsible entity, who is insured, or is yours, you don't really know what's down there.
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Note in the diagram adjacent to the Mooring Ball section (Scroll down a bit) the set up on the right shows the pendant attaching directly to the light chain (Not to the ring on top of the buoy). I think there are those who do not trust the rod that runs through the buoy.
Here is a link to WM advisors on moorings:
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Yes, ain't that. the truth! Ours use to be a ball connected to a light line that was in turn connected to a heavy mooring line that was connected to the chain; you would pull the ball onto the deck to get the mooring line. Now the ball is connected to the chain and there's a bridle with pool noodles in the water.