Mooring

[Tophat25mk2]

I have a mooring at batemansbay available, half price of Sydney, I need a mooring block made n dropped,
Now mooring line, I want the strongest line I can get, does anyone run two lines, what happens if the line is dropped?
I have the swivel n shackle I figure on replacing shackle pin with a bolt and nylock nut,
Has anyone made there own block? It’s near where the houseboat n hire boats are, otherside of bridge, anyone know what the bottom is there, sand, rocks etc I think it’s fairly sheltered there from weather.

The big question anyone willing to sail her to the Bay for me, might not be to new year, that’s a big maybe lot of things need to fall into place, jib needs a patch up, I need an outboard, think I have one maybe, a Johnson 6hp.
She’s been cleaned, she could probly just go, shes an old hand at cruising I’ve been told,

[Shaun]

The "other" side of the bridge?
I've got the air draft of that bridge at3.7metres, so you must mean the East side of it?
I have made moorings from concrete with ships chain through it, onto big ground chain then to 16mm wear chain, swivel then rope. An oyster farmer with a crane on there barge was able to drop it in,
Enquire at the local concrete places, they had a mould ready to go and I just laid up the chain, and they poured left over concrete in it.
Cheers

[Tophat25mk2]

The "other" side of the bridge?
I've got the air draft of that bridge at3.7metres, so you must mean the East side of it?
I have made moorings from concrete with ships chain through it, onto big ground chain then to 16mm wear chain, swivel then rope. An oyster farmer with a crane on there barge was able to drop it in,
Enquire at the local concrete places, they had a mould ready to go and I just laid up the chain, and they poured left over concrete in it.
Cheers

[Tophat25mk2]

The "other" side of the bridge?
I've got the air draft of that bridge at3.7metres, so you must mean the East side of it?
I have made moorings from concrete with ships chain through it, onto big ground chain then to 16mm wear chain, swivel then rope. An oyster farmer with a crane on there barge was able to drop it in,
Enquire at the local concrete places, they had a mould ready to go and I just laid up the chain, and they poured left over concrete in it.
Cheers

Shaun I actually have a concrete mould they were used when the mall carparks were built, just how heavy will a block need to be to stop her moving, the mould is 4 feet x4 sides walls bout 14 inches high with some scrap steel added, lead added etc reckon be heavy enough, I’ll get some 16 mm chain to use as the heavy lead chain I have shackles n swivel, I’ll hunt around for mooring rope morrow

[Tophat25mk2]

The "other" side of the bridge?
I've got the air draft of that bridge at3.7metres, so you must mean the East side of it?
I have made moorings from concrete with ships chain through it, onto big ground chain then to 16mm wear chain, swivel then rope. An oyster farmer with a crane on there barge was able to drop it in,
Enquire at the local concrete places, they had a mould ready to go and I just laid up the chain, and they poured left over concrete in it.
Cheers

Shaun I actually have a concrete mould they were used when the mall carparks were built, just how heavy will a block need to be to stop her moving, the mould is 4 feet x4 sides walls bout 14 inches high with some scrap steel added, lead added etc reckon be heavy enough, I’ll get some 16 mm chain to use as the heavy lead chain I have shackles n swivel, I’ll hunt around for mooring rope morrow

With the swivels I have a 10 mm swivel galvanised that’s gonna be too cheesy my book says 12 mm stainless swivel 5 T breaking strain, the 10 mm swivel only good for 950 kilo, stainless not good far as corrosion concerned, hmmm I want heavy duty I’ll look morrow