On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:11:36 -0000, nautiK
wrote:

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?

I have used something similar to this. It was not very effective. It
just pushed the ring on the mooring ball out of the way. Just hook
the ring with a boat hook - much simpler.

Jack

"Jack Dale" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:11:36 -0000, nautiK
wrote:

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?

I have used something similar to this. It was not very effective. It
just pushed the ring on the mooring ball out of the way. Just hook
the ring with a boat hook - much simpler.

Jack


Really? Wow... the mooring balls around here are pretty hefty... not much
chance of moving one with a boat hook.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:37:25 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

Really? Wow... the mooring balls around here are pretty hefty... not much
chance of moving one with a boat hook.

Exactly, especially on a boat with high freeboard forward like a
trawler.

There is another solution using a large snap hook like a carbiner.

Attach a line to the snap hook large enough to hold the boat for a
while;

Tape the snap hook to the end of a boat hook using one or two wraps of
masking tape;

Reach out and snap the hook onto the top of the mooring ball;

Give the boat hook a yank to break away the masking tape;

At your leisure you can use the dinghy to rig a permanent mooring line
and detach the snap hook.

Net cost: zero for most folks.

In article ,
Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:37:25 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

Really? Wow... the mooring balls around here are pretty hefty... not much
chance of moving one with a boat hook.

Exactly, especially on a boat with high freeboard forward like a
trawler.

There is another solution using a large snap hook like a carbiner.

Attach a line to the snap hook large enough to hold the boat for a
while;

Tape the snap hook to the end of a boat hook using one or two wraps of
masking tape;

Reach out and snap the hook onto the top of the mooring ball;

Give the boat hook a yank to break away the masking tape;

At your leisure you can use the dinghy to rig a permanent mooring line
and detach the snap hook.

Net cost: zero for most folks.

Sure... there are lots of solutions. The HH solution works fine, as do others. I've seen people do the upside down skyhook too.

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote
Sure... there are lots of solutions.

harpoon launcher mounted on deck with a big needle loaded and a mooring line
threaded through the eye...