Where are your bow chocks?

[marc]

I know what a thimble is and have spliced them into a line.
But why not just loop 2 eyes together? The eye of the leader line looped through the eye of the mooring line. Would look like this:

[MacGyver]

AH-HA!
Excellent work, I forgot about that knot.
I would think that would do just fine as there wont be any loosening and tightening causing much chafe.

For some reason in my head I only had Bolen Knots, But this would be excellent.

Mac

[Dick]

Can someone tell me where I can get that neat little bracket that chinches down the anchor stem (see Skip's photos)? Gerry at Hutchens said they do stock that item.

[dbinvermont]

I used to have a Hunter 23 that I moored, it didn't have any bow chocks, either.
I made up a mooring pendant that attached to the bow eye, and was the length of the boat.
Hooking and unhooking meant bringing the stern up alongside the mooring ball, I would then just reach over and grab the snap shackle.
It was actually much easier than boats I have owned with bow chocks, you don't have to go forward!
When you unhook, you just flip the pendant over the life line, and it lays on the gunwale, down the length of the boat.
-Dave

[marc]

I used to have a Hunter 23 that I moored, it didn't have any bow chocks, either.
I made up a mooring pendant that attached to the bow eye, and was the length of the boat.
Hooking and unhooking meant bringing the stern up alongside the mooring ball, I would then just reach over and grab the snap shackle.
It was actually much easier than boats I have owned with bow chocks, you don't have to go forward!
When you unhook, you just flip the pendant over the life line, and it lays on the gunwale, down the length of the boat.
-Dave

I thought about this too but I'm in a crowded mooring field and want to avoid any possibility of bumping another boat.