On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:11:41 -0500, JustWait wrote:

On 1/17/2012 8:46 AM, Happy John wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:04:35 -0500, wrote:

On 1/16/2012 3:53 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:42:39 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:45:01 -0800 (PST), North Star
wrote:

On Jan 16, 10:42 am, Happy wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:59:28 -0800 (PST), wrote:
http://www.stardem.com/business/arti...e36-aa8f-9d293...

Looks l really simple too. I wonder how it will handle rough wear 'n
tear?

Looks like a pretty good idea!

If it stands up to the rigors of a life in the sal****er of the
oceans..... it might work out.

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Yes, and that's a very big "if". Moorings are exposed to the
elements 24/7 and subject to very high shock loads during storms.

We've been seeing more of a better system in recent years where the
mooring buoy has a bowl shaped appendage on the top where you can coil
the mooring lines as you drop them. That keeps the lines out of the
water without introducing any complexity, moving parts or weak links.

I have never used a mooring buoy but I assumed they just had an eye on
top and you brought over your own line.
Why is there a line there at all?

So you can use a stick to pick it up out of the water and bring it up to
your bow. Not everybodys bow is a foot and a half above the water like
yours How would you expect somebody 8 feet off the water to hook to
the top of a bouy?

Nine-foot pole?

Yes, but I would rather reach for a rope with the pole, than a hook on a
bouy.

Well, you couldn't have a bunch of lines floating around all the buoys, or there'd be a lot of lines
fouled in props. The link is to the map of Annapolis. If you zoom in directly south of the traffic
circle at the Naval Academy, you can actually pick out the lines of buoys, some with boats attached.
As they all float around with the tides and winds, the lines would just add another element of
danger to the mess.

http://tinyurl.com/7wkykgk