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monty0
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Initially Posted - 05/21/2007 : 10:26:59

I'm getting ready to moor my 25 for the first time. I will moor at a reservoir in the Southern Oregon Cascades, Howard Prairie. I'm wondering what nylon line and how strong of a clip I need to hook onto the mooring buoy. Would a 1/2 inch stainless steel spring clip rated for 450 pounds do the trick. The marina asks for two lines to the buoy. The marina is somewhat protected with a jetty.

Monty

1977 Catalina 25 #66 SRSK "Prana"

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 05/21/2007 : 23:04:45

There is a thread dealing with this issue from about 10 days ago.
I have a mooring ball. I use 5/8" line wrapped around a heavy duty 18" snubber. (5 wraps)
I attach the bottom end of this line to the top most link under the mooring ball, and the boat end to the bow eye. I use large marine mooring clips with two swivels. The reasons for clipping onto the underside of the mooring ball is that there will be less stress on the mooring ball, less stress due to better angle of attack on your boat.
When I leave the mooring ball, this main line is left attached to the handle on top of the mooring ball, this makes for an excellent target for the boat hook on return to the mooring ball.
I also use two secondary or safety lines when moored. I use standard 5/8" dock lines, looped back through themselves, both through the bow roller, one on each side to a bow deck cleat.
This arrangement has worked for years without a foul up. A boat in our mooring field of 50 boats was damaged last year when his mooring lines got twisted and tangled and - turns out the weakest link was his deck cleats, a lot of expensive damage.
Whatever you do, make sure your lines wont get tangled. The great advantage of having your main line lower than the secondary lines is that they swivel independant of the others. The secondary lines should be loose, with the main line taking the load.

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 05/22/2007 : 22:16:25

To answer your question about mooring clips, 1/2" sounds too small.
Not sure what size mine are, but I'd say they are about 4''

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sweetcraft
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Response Posted - 05/24/2007 : 00:12:21

I had moored for many years with the main line to the bow clip with a spring losded safey clip which did get loose but with the two safey lines, all 1/2", we stayed moored. In our group a boat would get loose every once in a while due to plastic lines, construction type and not sun protected. Wire all pins and who sets the mooring and checks the chain? How do you get to the moored boat?

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