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I am not sure about the contours of your hull or the height of the bow,
but I came up with a very simple system of picking up moorings, after
years ago watching Maine lobstermen singlehandedly doing it every day.
Make up a line about the length of your boat or less, doesn't have to be
very heavy since it carries loads very temporarily. Splice or tie in a
largish, easy to work snap hook at the end. When approaching the mooring
take a couple of turns of the bitter end of the line around your capstan
(disengaging the chain wildcat), cleat off and run the other end of it
back to midships on the pick up side, outside the rails of course.
Approach the mooring and bring it alongside to the lowest convenient
point amidships. Lean over, clip the snaphook on to the eye of the
mooring line or even the pennant. Engines in neutral, go forward and
winch in - of course you can pull in by hand if there is no current or
weigh on with which to be concerned. This will bring in the mooring's
pennant. Check that it is all in good condition and that the bouy is
marked for your size/displacement vessel - assuming you haven't talked
to the owner/harbormaster or whatever about this. If in doubt about the
pennants condition you can always run your own double ended heavier duty
line loop adding chafing gear, this allows for easy release. Detach your
temporary pick up line. That's it. Lot easier than going forward with
boat hooks waving.
Ron Barr
Lady Brookhaven Hatteras LRC 42
Presently lying Wye River MD
KB1LFX
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