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"Denis Marier" wrote:

So far the only way I know is to pick up the mooring bail, bent down and
thread a rope through the bail. From the bow of a sailboat it can become
difficult when the weather is bad. I only wish I could learn a better way
to thread the pennant trough the bail hook.

If you do it a lot, the hooker would be a good idea, but the few times
I've had to hook to a bare mooring, I turned the boat around and
connected from the cockpit, which is a lot closer to the water.

As most of the moorings I've used had the chain running through a PVC
pipe through the mooring, when I picked the loop up, I could latch it
into a cleat for that third hand that's usually needed.

If I did it a lot, my mooring line would have its own hook for an
initial hook-up. I wouldn't depend on it of course, but anything that
lets me get things under control faster is good.

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Jere Lull
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