Well I done the deed and just got home with 3m of 12mm chain and some 16 & 12mm shackles (plus cable ties for mousing) and a big pickup buoy - nice colour.
The chandler wanted around £70 to make up strops - that's each btw.
Ive ordered them from Amazon - free delivery for around £30 each. In case your worrying they are from Rope Services UK, made up at Westward Rope and Wire so no compromise.
Finally my new Suzuki DF2.5 for the tender arrived in the post this morning so it's been a good day.
Thanks all for your help with this mooring issue; much appreciated.
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MacGregor 26M 2009 - Sky's the Limit - Suzuki DF50
Hi, I notice that no one mentioned using a bridle to secure the boat to the buoy. I have a swing mooring on a fresh water lake. I have had different set ups, but after the boat broke away I investigated various techniques.that can be used. I settled on using a bridle as chaffing is reduced to a minimum. Have had no problems since. Also run a backup line from the chain beneath the buoy to the trailer winch hook using a carbiner.
Thanks Michael, that's interesting re the chain to the winch point. I was planning to attach my two 24mm strops to my 12mm chain and thence to my front mooring cleats.
Seems like a good idea to add the chain to winch point as a backup.
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MacGregor 26M 2009 - Sky's the Limit - Suzuki DF50
Sorry if I'm high jacking the thread but this seems to be a good place to ask:
Does any body know the distance from the rear cleat to the water line?
And also the distance from a front cleat through the bow roller and down to the waterline vertically?
Having just bought Macerella a 26x I need to get the new mooring ready for her arrival. So if some nice Mac owner could measure the distances for me I would be very greatfull, this information will enable me to get some suitable strops sorted out in advance.
Definitely not hijacking Mike, I'm in the same position thinking the same thoughts.
I'm now a week from starting my Day Skipper, which is an anchor point for picking up the boat and starting my Mac adventure proper. I'm nervous, hence this reply at 2am, doing a bit of Nav theory for insomniacs, which I am not btw.
I'm picking up a 2m chain to add to my strops tomorrow to allow my mooring renter to make up my mooring. I presently have a 3m chain but have decided this may be too long, hence shared interest in all things relating to the distance between mooring buoy and for'ard cleats.
Since we're talking mooring, how is your mooring buoy set up and what junk (I understand this refers to all the paraphernalia between mooring buoy and cleats) are you planning?
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MacGregor 26M 2009 - Sky's the Limit - Suzuki DF50
Hi Mike I am given to understand that a mooring strop should be the length from the water line vertically up to the bow roller and on to the mooring cleat + about 18" it is the same for the blunt end if you are mooring for and aft as I do. Our mooring set up at Lilliput in Poole consists of a heavy ground chain then a riser chain shackled and moused to it that is quite lumpy but nothing like as big as the ground chain. I then shackle my strop to this riser chain you can shorten the length of your strop a little bit if you need to by fixing it a few links down the riser chain. Your mooring buoy can be attached in the position you prefer I like to have mine on the boat when moored. some like a set up that leaves it in the water. Left in the water it is just something else to bang against the boat.
Our inside the lagoon moorings at Lilliput all dry out in low tides and part of the deal when you join the club is if you have an inside mooring at the end of each season we have what they call the Mud Fest when everybody has to go out and check the moorings and anything that is showing sings of ware is replaced. As I moor front and aft we also have a thin weighted rope between the buoys to enable easier catching when returning. The reason the riser chain is used is so that when the boat is off the mooring the whole lot drops back down to the sea bed this is very important where we moor as our dinghy sailors have a habit of sailing in and out of vacant moorings depending on the wind.
It is much easier than it all sounds I have just bought my first Mac but wont have her for a couple of weeks due to holidays. That is why I was hoping that somebody could measure the distances mentioned so I could get my new Strops sorted out.
Another thing that I noticed is that the Bow roller set up on some Mac's including mine are not very clever> It would be very easy for the strop to come off the roller I believe that I read somebody having just that problem. This is the first thing I will get sorted out when I get her home my last boat had a pin that stopped this being able to happen
As I'm about to cut my 3m of 12mm mooring chain to size. Ie. It will attach to my mooring buoy swivel 1m below the waterline and connect, via big moused shackles, to my two 24mm 8 ply nylon mooring strops (2m & 2.5m) and thence to my for'ard mooring cleats.
My question is, "how far back, from the bow, are said cleats"?
It would be a shame to hack off too much chain.
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MacGregor 26M 2009 - Sky's the Limit - Suzuki DF50
Mike, thank you for generating some really good conversations on here, I'm sure I'm not the only one learning with you!
Thanks Harry!
Well I done the deed and just got home with 3m of 12mm chain and some 16 & 12mm shackles (plus cable ties for mousing) and a big pickup buoy - nice colour.
The chandler wanted around £70 to make up strops - that's each btw.
Ive ordered them from Amazon - free delivery for around £30 each. In case your worrying they are from Rope Services UK, made up at Westward Rope and Wire so no compromise.
Finally my new Suzuki DF2.5 for the tender arrived in the post this morning so it's been a good day.
Thanks all for your help with this mooring issue; much appreciated.
MacGregor 26M 2009 - Sky's the Limit - Suzuki DF50
Hi, I notice that no one mentioned using a bridle to secure the boat to the buoy. I have a swing mooring on a fresh water lake. I have had different set ups, but after the boat broke away I investigated various techniques.that can be used. I settled on using a bridle as chaffing is reduced to a minimum. Have had no problems since. Also run a backup line from the chain beneath the buoy to the trailer winch hook using a carbiner.
Micheal Walsh
Re: writing phone number on pick-up buoy... mine has disappeared and nobody has phoned me. Take from that what you will!
Thanks Michael, that's interesting re the chain to the winch point. I was planning to attach my two 24mm strops to my 12mm chain and thence to my front mooring cleats.
Seems like a good idea to add the chain to winch point as a backup.
MacGregor 26M 2009 - Sky's the Limit - Suzuki DF50
Sorry if I'm high jacking the thread but this seems to be a good place to ask:
Does any body know the distance from the rear cleat to the water line?
And also the distance from a front cleat through the bow roller and down to the waterline vertically?
Having just bought Macerella a 26x I need to get the new mooring ready for her arrival. So if some nice Mac owner could measure the distances for me I would be very greatfull, this information will enable me to get some suitable strops sorted out in advance.
Thanks in anticipation
Stay Safe
Excited Mike
Macerlla
1996 26x
Definitely not hijacking Mike, I'm in the same position thinking the same thoughts.
I'm now a week from starting my Day Skipper, which is an anchor point for picking up the boat and starting my Mac adventure proper. I'm nervous, hence this reply at 2am, doing a bit of Nav theory for insomniacs, which I am not btw.
I'm picking up a 2m chain to add to my strops tomorrow to allow my mooring renter to make up my mooring. I presently have a 3m chain but have decided this may be too long, hence shared interest in all things relating to the distance between mooring buoy and for'ard cleats.
Since we're talking mooring, how is your mooring buoy set up and what junk (I understand this refers to all the paraphernalia between mooring buoy and cleats) are you planning?
MacGregor 26M 2009 - Sky's the Limit - Suzuki DF50
Hi Mike I am given to understand that a mooring strop should be the length from the water line vertically up to the bow roller and on to the mooring cleat + about 18" it is the same for the blunt end if you are mooring for and aft as I do. Our mooring set up at Lilliput in Poole consists of a heavy ground chain then a riser chain shackled and moused to it that is quite lumpy but nothing like as big as the ground chain. I then shackle my strop to this riser chain you can shorten the length of your strop a little bit if you need to by fixing it a few links down the riser chain. Your mooring buoy can be attached in the position you prefer I like to have mine on the boat when moored. some like a set up that leaves it in the water. Left in the water it is just something else to bang against the boat.
Our inside the lagoon moorings at Lilliput all dry out in low tides and part of the deal when you join the club is if you have an inside mooring at the end of each season we have what they call the Mud Fest when everybody has to go out and check the moorings and anything that is showing sings of ware is replaced. As I moor front and aft we also have a thin weighted rope between the buoys to enable easier catching when returning. The reason the riser chain is used is so that when the boat is off the mooring the whole lot drops back down to the sea bed this is very important where we moor as our dinghy sailors have a habit of sailing in and out of vacant moorings depending on the wind.
It is much easier than it all sounds I have just bought my first Mac but wont have her for a couple of weeks due to holidays. That is why I was hoping that somebody could measure the distances mentioned so I could get my new Strops sorted out.
Another thing that I noticed is that the Bow roller set up on some Mac's including mine are not very clever> It would be very easy for the strop to come off the roller I believe that I read somebody having just that problem. This is the first thing I will get sorted out when I get her home my last boat had a pin that stopped this being able to happen
Stay Safe
Mike S
Macerlla
1996 26x
Thanks Mike.
As I'm about to cut my 3m of 12mm mooring chain to size. Ie. It will attach to my mooring buoy swivel 1m below the waterline and connect, via big moused shackles, to my two 24mm 8 ply nylon mooring strops (2m & 2.5m) and thence to my for'ard mooring cleats.
My question is, "how far back, from the bow, are said cleats"?
It would be a shame to hack off too much chain.
MacGregor 26M 2009 - Sky's the Limit - Suzuki DF50
How about shackle the chain at 2m and leave the extra hanging. Then you can adjust as needed.
Dave.
Dave Newton Sailbadthesinner
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