Mooring a Picnic Cat

[bruce]

Looks good Glenn .

I make it a point of inserting the pins from the front, so gravity helps keep them in place, but there isn't much slope. I've never seem a tendency for them to work loose during sailing, but for piece of mind when leaving the boat especially, I like Andre's recommendation.

[glenn1489]

Tim, I think the chafe guard is nylon. It came with the mooring setup which I took over from its previous owner. It's at least 3-4 years old and looks like it hasn't lost any effectiveness.

Andre and Bruce, good idea on the forestay pins. I'll check out other types.

Glenn

[captbob57]

Hi Glenn, nice pictures. Looks like you could ride out a gale! Just wondering while at the mooring do you keep the stern plugs in or out? Also I agree with Andre to replace the bow push pins with regular clevis pins. The push pins are a good quick and easy, but I feel a little more secure using regular clevis pins. Smooth sailing, C.B.

[Gerry]

The pix from Tim are perfect.  That boat is going nowhere.

[glenn1489]

C.B., I keep the stern plugs out when moored (in case of rain). Though when I went for a sail the other day, I forgot to put them back in and the stern was flooding. I need to get really good at remembering:
1. Put plugs in when sailing.
2. Take them out when moored.

[captbob57]

Thank you Glenn, I notice in your pictures you keep the motor on the boat when moored. I guess the weight of the motor doesn't effect the ability of the boat to drain with the plugs out? Thanks, C.B.

[glenn1489]

If I'm not in the boat, the weight of the motor alone does not seem to be an issue.

[captbob57]

Thanks Glenn.