Paul, you will be happy to know you can keep track of your boat when it's out there. http://bulletcam.ca/images/portfolio/axisq60.jpg The view changes every so often, but rotates through about six set angles.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 14 March 2015 at 09:10, jackbrennan via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: > As someone whose C&C 25 went through 4 small and 1 large hurricanes on a > mooring at Key Biscayne: > > You want to size mooring lines so there is some give, just like an anchor > line. Bigger is not necessarily better. > > In a large storm, stagger maybe 5 lines of different length so that one > takes over as another breaks. They will break in big storms. > > I never saw a mooring cleat pull out. Lines always went first. A main > culprit was an unusually large wave that would pull the bow up and snap a > perfectly good, protected line. Make the lines as long as they can be in a > storm. > > I was on a helix mooring. The anchors always held, but a weak point was > the line from the helix to the mooring. They need to be replaced every few > years or after particularly bad storms like hurricanes. > > Duct tape makes good chafe guard in a fix. > > Jack Brennan > Former C&C 25 > Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30 > Tierra Verde, Fl. > > > > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Graham Collins via CnC-List > Date:03/14/2015 11:06 AM (GMT-05:00) > To: Paul Baker ,[email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Deck hardware for mooring > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > [email protected] > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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