If it does get torn off.... you still have 20 feet of floating line [yellow/
1/2"] to snag. That won't rip off. It would be a rare occasion to remove the
2x4.... but I've seen it happen with 7 feet of ice and -45 temp all winter.

CM

"Bluenoser" wrote in message
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| Forgot to add.... there is a river that flows into the basin.....
| Lots of ice flow........would the 2x4 be carried away?
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| "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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| Polyprop floating line .... about 20 feet. A piece of 2x4 about a foot
| long
| with a hole drilled through the center.
| Run the rope through the 2x4 and tie it off... put the other end on the
| chain for your mooring. Toss the works over and pick it up at low tide
| next
| year with a boat hook.
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| Works every time....
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| CM
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| "Bluenoser" wrote in message
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| | Getting ready to drop my mooring for the winter.......
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| | I'm just going to run a line from the chain to the shore.....
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| | Or I might get a smaller ball so it is below the ice...
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| | Any radical/new ways of doing this?
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| | Tomek
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