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Mooring Information

Mooring Warps Size Guide
Mooring Warps Size Guide

General Guide for Determining the Diameter for Your Mooring Lines These are the Important Decision Factors: Displacement-to-length ratio, i.e. is your yacht relatively light or heavy for her length? Monohull or Multihull – catamarans may be subject to additional windage and torsional stress Mooring Configuration, e.g., alongside, stern-to, fore-and-aft, or on a swinging mooring. N.B. The … Continued

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Mooring Compensator Advisory
Mooring Compensator Advisory

Rubber Snubbers and Stainless Mooring Springs act as excellent mooring compensators Snubbers and Springs can be deployed on mooring and anchoring lines, that require an extra amount of stretch, to help deal with shock loads. Some rubber snubbers can be retro fitted while some need to be threaded on to the rope before splicing the … Continued

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Rope Cockling Information
Rope Cockling Information

Cockling (unravelling against the lay of the rope) Cockling occurs when a fixed 3 strand construction warp is forced to rotate against the direction of the twisted lay, opening up the strands until they distort into ‘ears’ This will eventually be the case if a yacht continually swings around its mooring ‘the wrong way’. This can … Continued

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