To thread the pennant while at the stern of a boat the freeboard height has
to be low enough to be within reach of the mooring ball. Sailboat's
freeboard are much higher than runabout power boat, dinghy-sailers and
kayaks. Some cabin cruisers have a swimming platform. However the average
freeboard height at the stern of cruising sailboats is over 4 feet.
A good mooring has the proper scope of chain and lifting the ball in the air
may be heavy and can easily pull the end of your hook or its handle. On
average mooring have 10-15 feet of heavy chain at the bottom and lighter
chain at the top. On average the proper mooring has a scope of 1 to 6.


"Denis Marier" wrote in message
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That what is done most of the time when the wind is light.
However, the picture could quickly change when the wind starts to pipe up
and the wave frequency increase.

"Marty" wrote in message
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"Denis Marier" wrote in message
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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.


Can you pull up to the mooring ball so that the ball is at your stern
quarter and while holding your bow line just reach down a much shorter
distance than you would from the bow. Grab the eye, run the bow line
through. This seems to easy. What part of the picture am I missing?