Hooking up to a mooring buoy - SailNet Community
Jul 2, 2024 · I've been thinking about ways to make it easier to hook up to a mooring ball. The Admiral has learned how to pick up line tied to a ball (either with a whip pennant or a floating line), but isn't …
best mooring setup - SailNet Community
Nov 10, 2008 · Bellow the ball pendant attachment causes the least amount of problems unless you have multiple floats and the "equator" of your mooring ball sits bellow the surface of the water. If the …
Mooring Ball Must Haves - SailNet Community
Oct 26, 2023 · I am considering a Mooring ball next year vs a slip. As I find them easier in most wind conditions to pick up vs getting in a slip solo. To do this I would need to at least upgrade the solar …
Best place to lease a mooring ball in San Diego bay?
Aug 18, 2022 · Hello everyone, long time listener, first time caller. I am going to get on the wait list (again) for a mooring ball here for a 25-27 ft boat I'll be buying once I retire. The company only allows …
picking up a mooring single handed | SailNet Community
Apr 10, 2007 · Then when you come up to the mooring ball, bring the cockpit close to the ball and tie off the dockline to the mooring ball. Then, walk forward, leading the line and mooring ball around the …
Mooring ball heads up!! | SailNet Community
Jun 12, 2008 · #1 The mooring ball sits too high in the water due to either a light top chain or too big a ball for the weight of the chain and it makes it easy for the pendant to get "under" the "equator" of the …
Mooring ball slap damaging my awlgrip topside
May 15, 2014 · Hi, After one season on a mooring ball our boat Awlgrip is damaged from the mooring ball slapping against the topside. Looks like a rash of white chips along the racing green sides :-( The …
Mooring Pendant Length - SailNet Community
Oct 10, 2011 · I'm trying to figure out a couple of mooring questions. Does length of the pendant affect the scope of the mooring rig? It seems to me that the effective scope is to the mooring ball. Most of …
Mooring ball & chain scuffing - SailNet Community
Dec 17, 2007 · Apparently, when my boat is out on it's mooring the ball and the chain scuff the hull.. The scuffings not bad but the chain or shackles seem to scratch the bow below the waterline. Real …
Mooring Ball Covers? - SailNet Community
May 17, 2009 · Last summer I moved to a mooring in an area where the current and the wind often went against each other and as a result the mooring ball would end up banging and scraping against my …