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From: Lawrence Zeitlin (no email)
Date: Wed Jun 01 2005 - 00:58:26 EDT
Ron Ackerman writes:
<<I would strongly disagree with the suggestion by Marin Faure to use a
karibiner to attach a vessel to a mooring buoy. Ask the question what is
the SWL of a karibiner? and what is the weight of your vessel? A
Karibiner is not designed for this purpose.>>
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The weight of a boat has little to do with the load on a mooring line.
Air resistance and the drag of the underwater portion of the hull are
much more important. The mooring ball supports the weight of the chain
and a long painter attenuates the stress of wave action. A good meaty
karabiner should be adequate for temporary mooring in anything less than
a full gale. We have been using a system similar to Marin's for picking
up a mooring for the last 10 years except that we have substituted a big
Ronstan SS snap hook for the karabiner.
Larry Z
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