"Edgar" wrote in message
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"nautiK" wrote in message
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Hi there,
I've come across this post:
http://gadgetsailinginspector.blogsp...moor-fast.html

"If you've ever cursed at your crewmen, your wife or even yourself for
not being able to hook a line at a mooring buoy, marina cleat, pile
mooring, etc, then you need this very ingenious gadget.
MooR FasT® threads a rope through a buoy ring or marina cleat up to 2
metres away from the safety of your deck and brings it back on board.
It will even scoop up rings and shackles that lie flat."

Q1:
Has anyone used this device?

Q2:
Does it really work?

Thanks.

This sort of gadget has been around for years and they do work after a
fashion but I agree with the person who categorised them as plastic junk.
The problem is that most people seem to think that because you moor from
the bow you must pick up the buoy from the bow. Our bow is quite high and
we are always short handed. So what you do is have a line long enough to
reach right aft. Lead it aft outside everything and get your crew to lie
on the deck at the lowest point even if it is quite far aft. He/she can
then reach the ring on the buoy and put the line through and then you go
slow astern while he/she walks forward with the rope end and hauls in the
slack and makes fast.- no problem. Do not get hooked on useless plastic
gadgets.
Edgar



Well, I use mine all the time, and it's not junk. Sure, if you continually
smash it against a metal buoy it won't last. It is plastic. Also, even from
the cockpit, the freeboard is sufficiently high that it's difficult to reach
the mooring ring.


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