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The new waterfront manager at the club drew our attention to some surprising wear on our stern mooring line. One of the strands of the three ply nylon had been chafing against one of the posts of the cleat. It is something that I should have noticed and would have been easy to prevent. |
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I haven't been very happy wih the nylon rope that we used for the mooring lines. It goes very hard on exposue to the elements. You can even see that on the photo on the left (the loop should be lying flat on the surface, rather than "standing proud"). |
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The solution is of course obvious, tie the line around the post nearest to the direction of the line and use poly rope rather than nylon. It's all so obvious now... But thanks to Gary at the Alfred's marine for noticing! |
Hi, we just took delivery of our Lagoon 380 "Tres Bien" in Auckland and we . like you will have it on a swing mooring. Can you advise best size and design for bridle and any tips to avoid chafing. We have pulpits both sides.
Hi John,
Yes, it's surprising that the 380 doesn't come with a bridle, isn't it?. I just replaced the bridle for Te Moana last weekend. I used 18 mm black poly rope, two identical lengths of around 3.5 m with galvanised thimbles on each end. They are shackled to each bow (there is a tie point on the beam near each hull). And a large galvanised shackle joins the lengths and is used to attach to either the anchor chain via a hook or directly to a buoy. If you like I can take some pictures next weekend. Good luck with Tres Bien and keep in touch!
Great to get your info. I would really appreciate photos of the bridle and fixings at each end of warp, particularly how you quickly attach the bridle to the mooring and what exists at the mooring end to achieve this. We are working on the best option at present and yours sounds good. If you are ever come over hereto the Bay of Islands let us know.
John