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     Mike Bergmann Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
I have been keeping "Shooting Star" on a mooring in the Hudson River for 7 years now. I use two identical pennants. They are 5/8" three-strand nylon, and I am still using the originals - no chafe is visible. If you are making new pennants use SS thimbles, not galvanized. I prefer the safety of two pennants, and I think the fact that they are not attached to the same point reduces tacking. S2's and most "modern" boats tack more on anchor than older full-keel boats. The riding sail or some other object to create wind resistance aft would probably reduce the tacking. | ||
| Jeff Roy New member Username: Jeffr Post Number: 64 Registered: 03-2001 Rating: N/A |
My 9.1 tacks back and forth at anchor and on it's mooring an awful lot, much worse than most other boats. My 6.9 did the same thing. It seems to get worse as the wind speed picks up. I watched my boat ride out a storm on it's mooring this past month. It was blowing a steady 40 knots and gusting into the 50's for a few hours. The wind was from a direction that let big rollers build and come into the mooring field. Needless to say it was rough out there. My 9.1 would repeatedly turn 90 degrees to one side and race off in one direction before turning 180 degrees and racing back. It went off in either direction the same. None of the other boats near by were doing it. The mooring field is tight and I was worried that it would ram another boat. The boat rode it out OK but the penant chaffed where it crossed the bow because it sailed up on it so hard. I had to replace the pennant after that storm because of the chafe. I wish I understood what it is about these S2s that cause this phenomena. I have experienced the same tacking action on anchor, but to a lesser extent. The only 2 theories I have is that it is somehow related to a forward keel position or the fact that the cleats are offcenter and do not have chocks. What have others done to try and alleviate this behaviour? I am thinking of investing in a small riding sail to put between the halyard and the back of the boom when on anchor and mooring. I think this would help but won't know until I try it. However given how radical the boat was in that strom I am a little uneasy about putting up any type of sail at all. | ||
| John Stefancik (Jstef) Rating: N/A |
Jeff, I have kept my boat on a mooring for five years on the Severn River in the Chesapeake Bay. There is little tidal flow, and the anchorage is sheltered from any strong northerlys. All that being said, I have experienced no chafe from the 2 lines (3-strand) I use as painters. But, if I was worried about chafe, I would simply cover the line with some sort of small fabric or plastic chafe gaurd. | ||
| Jeff Roy (Jeffr) Rating: N/A |
I keep my boat on a mooring and I am concerned about the lack of chocks on the 9.1. Have any of you who keep a 9.1 on a mooring had any problems because of the lack of chocks? Has anyone added chocks to their boat Obviously the same issue arises when anchoring and cleating the rode to the cleats without a chock. Has anyone added a bow roller to a 9.1? |
