On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:04:35 -0500, JustWait
wrote:

How would you expect somebody 8 feet off the water to hook to
the top of a bouy?

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My wife is always asking questions like that as we make yet another
approach... :-)

Here's a mooring buoy that has a recess on top:

http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=55999&nobot_crawl