How to tie her up :-)
 

I need to rig my dock/mooring for a second boat and i’m keeping all my current stuff with my other boat…so I need all new.

Have there been any recent equipment breakthroughs when it comes to fenders, snubbers and other stuff used for mooring a boat? A bit about the situation - the boat is a fountain 272 (approx 6K lb), it will only be secured to the dock on the starboard side. Storm winds will come in from the starboard side, moderate/continuous (normal) winds will come port side. It’s in a lake so there is no tide, on windy days there are whitecaps, on busy days there is a lot of boat wake. Without any words of wisdom to influence me, i’d probably pick up 4 10”x20 something fenders to hang off the sides of the boat and probably get 4 hearty snubbers to keep the boat & fenders slightly snug to the dock.

The other reason I am asking is that when all is said and done i’m probably looking @ $500-$600…and this will probably get closer to $700 if I also get smaller fenders so I don’t have to drag big old 10”r’s around. So, I wanted opinions on better ways of doing this. For example, would it possibly be better to get those bouy type fenders? Are there gadgets I should be looking to attach to the dock? etc.

Lastly, is there a particularly good place where this can be purchased?…I don’t think I am going to West for this :-)

Dock config is much like this;

[ATTACH=CONFIG]553549[/ATTACH]

and the boat would be on the right with the bow facing outward to the lake.

Thanks!

- scott -

Mooring whips?

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/taylor...05_157_007_002

+1 on the whips...they work well when properly sized to your boat but in storms I have seen them overpowered so dock edging and fenders work really well as a package set up

+1 on the mooring whips. Also when buying the fenders check out Ebay and Amazon. You will save a good chunk of change that way.

Boat Lift!

Padraig

Is there a way to anchor a mooring buoy that won't move?

We ran a line from the dock to the bow hook (on a clip), then a long line from the dock out too the buoy and then back to the stern of the boat (with another clip); we then would pull the stern line tight which would pull the boat out to rest half way between the dock and the mooring buoy. This would keep the boat away from the dock and away from the mooring buoy. More or less put the boat on a clothes line and allowed for the boat to be stored away from the dock without anyone having to get wet.

Even with fenders my boat got rubber markings on the side of it when tied up to a dock on a busy lake.


Edit: We haven't done this in years as we now have a lift, but it was a much cheaper solution that worked well before the lift.

Whips still made of that itchy as sh!t fiberglass?

How is the dock constructed, permanent pilings or is it just sitting on the bottom?

Padraig

Hand cuffs :D

My buddy has a few of these on his dock up on Castle Rock Lake.

http://www.bigfender.com/inflatable-...ml?___store=en