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Suggestion for a 4-800 lb. inexpensive mooring ?
I want to install a fixed mooring this summer and see that for example
mushroom anchors are expensive. The environment is... Atlantic salt water, in a fairly well protected cove, with 6' tides, in about 10-15' of water, virtually no traffic and a spit serving as immediate breakwater. Alternative suggestions to a mushroom would be appreciated. Courtney |
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Suggestion for a 4-800 lb. inexpensive mooring ?
Courtney Thomas wrote:
I want to install a fixed mooring this summer and see that for example mushroom anchors are expensive. The environment is... Atlantic salt water, in a fairly well protected cove, with 6' tides, in about 10-15' of water, virtually no traffic and a spit serving as immediate breakwater. Alternative suggestions to a mushroom would be appreciated. Courtney A Ford T-bird? Or better still, 2. |
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Suggestion for a 4-800 lb. inexpensive mooring ?
How big a boat?
An engine from a T-bird might just do. All it needs is a trip through the car wash to get the oil and crud out of it. No big deal. I used a truck engine to moor my SC22 for years, and the local marina guy dropped a concrete mooring he cast in his own yard into my beachfront for 250 bucks, delivered. He told me it needed to cure on land for a couple of weeks to satisfy the enviromaniacs. Terry K |
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Suggestion for a 4-800 lb. inexpensive mooring ?
If you can find them locally, a couple of scrap trainwheels work well
too. ....and they have a handy hole in the middle to run your chain through. Matt Terry K wrote: How big a boat? An engine from a T-bird might just do. All it needs is a trip through the car wash to get the oil and crud out of it. No big deal. I used a truck engine to moor my SC22 for years, and the local marina guy dropped a concrete mooring he cast in his own yard into my beachfront for 250 bucks, delivered. He told me it needed to cure on land for a couple of weeks to satisfy the enviromaniacs. Terry K |
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Suggestion for a 4-800 lb. inexpensive mooring ?
Train wheels are good. One wheel with half the axle is what a couple of
friends in Baddeck are using. He won't tell me where he got them. Another option are Crusher Cones, inner or outer, made of manganese steel, from rock crushers. About 1000 lbs I believe. Some other friends of mine use them. I'm not sire where he got them, he's had them for years. Perhaps Paul Hashem's Scrap Yard on Brookland St. in Sydney could help. (902) 564-6346 They may have other suggestions. -- Ken Heaton & Anne Tobin Cape Breton Island, Canada kenheaton at eastlink dot ca wrote in message oups.com... If you can find them locally, a couple of scrap trainwheels work well too. ....and they have a handy hole in the middle to run your chain through. Matt Terry K wrote: How big a boat? An engine from a T-bird might just do. All it needs is a trip through the car wash to get the oil and crud out of it. No big deal. I used a truck engine to moor my SC22 for years, and the local marina guy dropped a concrete mooring he cast in his own yard into my beachfront for 250 bucks, delivered. He told me it needed to cure on land for a couple of weeks to satisfy the enviromaniacs. Terry K |
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Suggestion for a 4-800 lb. inexpensive mooring ?
Ken Heaton wrote:
Train wheels are good. One wheel with half the axle is what a couple of friends in Baddeck are using. He won't tell me where he got them. Another option are Crusher Cones, inner or outer, made of manganese steel, from rock crushers. About 1000 lbs I believe. Some other friends of mine use them. I'm not sire where he got them, he's had them for years. Perhaps Paul Hashem's Scrap Yard on Brookland St. in Sydney could help. (902) 564-6346 They may have other suggestions. At the Halifax Boat Show in February, a local firm was selling concrete anchors. Since I trailer sail I wasn't interested at the time. I believe I still have the show program somewhere and could look if anyone is interested. |
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Suggestion for a 4-800 lb. inexpensive mooring ?
Don White wrote:
Ken Heaton wrote: Train wheels are good. One wheel with half the axle is what a couple of friends in Baddeck are using. He won't tell me where he got them. Another option are Crusher Cones, inner or outer, made of manganese steel, from rock crushers. About 1000 lbs I believe. Some other friends of mine use them. I'm not sire where he got them, he's had them for years. Perhaps Paul Hashem's Scrap Yard on Brookland St. in Sydney could help. (902) 564-6346 They may have other suggestions. At the Halifax Boat Show in February, a local firm was selling concrete anchors. Since I trailer sail I wasn't interested at the time. I believe I still have the show program somewhere and could look if anyone is interested. I accept and thank you for the offer, especially since I'm in Nova Scotia. Cordially, Courtney |
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Suggestion for a 4-800 lb. inexpensive mooring ?
Ken Heaton wrote:
Train wheels are good. One wheel with half the axle is what a couple of friends in Baddeck are using. He won't tell me where he got them. Another option are Crusher Cones, inner or outer, made of manganese steel, from rock crushers. About 1000 lbs I believe. Some other friends of mine use them. I'm not sire where he got them, he's had them for years. Perhaps Paul Hashem's Scrap Yard on Brookland St. in Sydney could help. (902) 564-6346 They may have other suggestions. Ken, How are these people gettin' these things in the water :-) Thanks again, Courtney |
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Suggestion for a 4-800 lb. inexpensive mooring ?
I was around when one of the crusher cones went in. We rolled it out of a
pickup truck next to the water onto a floating dock section with a few small logs in between as rollers. We then pulled the floating dock out to the position desired (with mooring chain and float already attached) and pushed it off the dock. It made a pretty splash. There were five or six guys aroud for this as extra hands are handy. Watch your toes. These are in the Bras d'Or Lakes, one in a very exposed location. They dig into the bottom by themselves and DO NOT MOVE. Very nice. I work with one of the guys who put a train wheel or two in at Baddeck Harbour so I'll see him Monday and ask him how they got those in. -- Ken Heaton & Anne Tobin Cape Breton Island, Canada kenheaton at eastlink dot ca "Courtney Thomas" wrote in message k.net... Ken Heaton wrote: Train wheels are good. One wheel with half the axle is what a couple of friends in Baddeck are using. He won't tell me where he got them. Another option are Crusher Cones, inner or outer, made of manganese steel, from rock crushers. About 1000 lbs I believe. Some other friends of mine use them. I'm not sire where he got them, he's had them for years. Perhaps Paul Hashem's Scrap Yard on Brookland St. in Sydney could help. (902) 564-6346 They may have other suggestions. Ken, How are these people gettin' these things in the water :-) Thanks again, Courtney |
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Suggestion for a 4-800 lb. inexpensive mooring ?
If you can find them locally, a couple of scrap trainwheels work well
too. ....and they have a handy hole in the middle to run your chain through. Matt Terry K wrote: How big a boat? An engine from a T-bird might just do. All it needs is a trip through the car wash to get the oil and crud out of it. No big deal. I used a truck engine to moor my SC22 for years, and the local marina guy dropped a concrete mooring he cast in his own yard into my beachfront for 250 bucks, delivered. He told me it needed to cure on land for a couple of weeks to satisfy the enviromaniacs. Terry K |
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