I recently purchased a Beneteau 423 and will be keeping it on a Mooring ball. I am not overly pleased with the harness set up I am using. My current harness is made of two lines - each 7/8 inch diameter three strand nylon - 12 feet long that attached to a shackle on the mooring ball. Anyone from Chicago who has been at Monroe Harbor will have a clear understanding of this set up. With this arrangement I am getting chafe on the eye splices that attach to the front cleats when moored. I believe the chafe is coming from the eye splice rubbing on the middle screw head that is used to hold the stainless protection plate on the teak toe rail, that is just under the cleat. The second issue I have with this arrangement is as the boat swings the lines seem to rub the gel coat at the tip of the bow below the bow roller. This winter I saw another 423 that had this harness arrangement that was a blue hull and the blue gel coat was in need of repair after their first season. Any suggestions for minimizing chafe and keeping a secure attachment to a mooring ball? Anyone out there have a set up where the mooring lines, or short chain, run through the bow roller?
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Another Monroe Chafer
Welcome to the wonders of Monroe! I haven't been affected by your #2 conditon but your #1 began to rear it's head early my 1st season, which was solved by sewing a leather chafe guard where the harness passed through the chalk. I gathered the materials, waited until a calm morning and un-hooked and sewed port and starboard one-at-a-time. Cup of coffee, leather cut to circumference & length (or pretty close), feet hanging off the side and done in less than an hour. I think I did a better job this winter when I replaced that initial effort (lots easier in the shop) and can't wait to put 'em to use. Splash @ Crowley's tomorrow and north on Tuesday. Hope you get help w/ #2. Good luck and enjoy your '07 season.
Welcome to the wonders of Monroe! I haven't been affected by your #2 conditon but your #1 began to rear it's head early my 1st season, which was solved by sewing a leather chafe guard where the harness passed through the chalk. I gathered the materials, waited until a calm morning and un-hooked and sewed port and starboard one-at-a-time. Cup of coffee, leather cut to circumference & length (or pretty close), feet hanging off the side and done in less than an hour. I think I did a better job this winter when I replaced that initial effort (lots easier in the shop) and can't wait to put 'em to use. Splash @ Crowley's tomorrow and north on Tuesday. Hope you get help w/ #2. Good luck and enjoy your '07 season.
Monroe Harbor Mooring
I have a beneteau 323 at Monroe Harbor, this is my third season coming up. I had Crowleys make my harness last year and it was great. I had them make it with two separate lines, not a Y, and I had them seize the two lines where it connects to swivel. And then they put on a hefty amount of chafe protection leather and it did very well, they were also reasonable priced. If the lines aren't seized at the mooring ball they twist and chafe, seizing them kept them in better alignment and might help with the problem with them rubbing your gel coat.
I have a beneteau 323 at Monroe Harbor, this is my third season coming up. I had Crowleys make my harness last year and it was great. I had them make it with two separate lines, not a Y, and I had them seize the two lines where it connects to swivel. And then they put on a hefty amount of chafe protection leather and it did very well, they were also reasonable priced. If the lines aren't seized at the mooring ball they twist and chafe, seizing them kept them in better alignment and might help with the problem with them rubbing your gel coat.
chain harness
Check out the May 2007 issue of Cruising World, there is an article on a chain pendant for a mooring. Basically it is an 8' length of 3/8 high test with 2 layers of plastic hose, also covered by leather where the eye of the mooring pendant rides in the saddle of the looped chain. Galvanized thimble on each end with 3 strand shackled on and cleated. Chain runs through the anchor roller. Looks like it would hold through a hurricane. Good picture too.
Check out the May 2007 issue of Cruising World, there is an article on a chain pendant for a mooring. Basically it is an 8' length of 3/8 high test with 2 layers of plastic hose, also covered by leather where the eye of the mooring pendant rides in the saddle of the looped chain. Galvanized thimble on each end with 3 strand shackled on and cleated. Chain runs through the anchor roller. Looks like it would hold through a hurricane. Good picture too.
eye
Do you have an eye or loop on the bow below the pulpit? You could attach your line to this. You get a lower angle of pull which is good. You won't get the V of 2 lines. I'd run one main line to the eye and a second line that is 1' longer to the eye as a back up.
Do you have an eye or loop on the bow below the pulpit? You could attach your line to this. You get a lower angle of pull which is good. You won't get the V of 2 lines. I'd run one main line to the eye and a second line that is 1' longer to the eye as a back up.
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