What size mooring pendant are you using?

[Ryan Doyle]

Hi All,

Curious to know what size mooring pendants you all are having luck with. I just bought two 20′ Novobraid 1″ pendants because I found an old post on here where someone mentioned they liked a 1″. The problem is it’s too long. It doesn’t seem like a good idea to try to knot it to shorten it.

I’m in a tighter mooring field where I need about 10-12′ of line from my mooring in order to not hit the unoccupied motoring behind me.

Any advice? I’m currently looking at doing two of Novobraid’s 12′ 5/8″ pendants.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks very much.
Ryan

[Ryan Doyle]

Sorry.. “unoccupied mooring behind me”

[RichCarter]

Ryan,

I use ¾â€ line for twin pennants.  The thimbles for larger diameter line are too big to handle.  I use 5/8” top-chain through the mooring ball.  On the top of the ball I put a swivel.  The pennants attach to the swivel with a shackle.  To fit two 1” thimbles in a single shackle would require a huge shackle.  I think ¾â€ pennants with proper chafe gear is strong enough.  I use fire hose cut to the proper size for chafe gear.

 

One pennant is about 12’ long, the other is about 14’ long.  They are different lengths to assure that one pennant takes the load even when the boat swings in the wind.  Having them the same length causes the load to alternately transfer from one pennant to the other as the boat swings.  This causes the fair-lead to saw through the chafe gear and cut the line.  It also causes the line core to heat up and melt.

 

Rich

 

 

[Ryan Doyle]

Thanks very much Rich.  Yeah, these 1″ pendants and thimbles I ordered are just enormous.  Seem like they’re for the Titanic.  

I’ll look into 3/4″ ones at 12′ and 14′.  That should actually be perfect.

Appreciate the help.

Ryan 

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