What is a pennant on a mooring?

MOORING PENNANT OR PENDANT The mooring pennant, also referred to as a mooring pendant, is attached by shackle directly to the light chain that is attached to the bottom of the mooring ball. This line is what finally attaches your boat to the security of that anchor buried in the seabed.

How do you use a mooring pennant?

onto one end of your pennant is fed through the eye of the swivel, and the pennant is then passed through the loop and pulled tight. No shackle should be used to attach your pennant to the swivel. Your pennant needs no thimble. The mooring buoy is carefully ballasted to float just a few inches above the water.

What is mooring pendant?

Mooring Pendant (type of mooring line) is a relatively short length of line used to connect a vessel to a mooring buoy (or mooring) usually via the boat’s bow eye or bow cleats.

What size mooring pendant do I need?

Mooring Pendant Length should be about 2 1/2 times the boat’s freeboard. Diameter should be as large as is practical—but it must be able to fit through bow chocks and around a bow cleat. Effective chafe protection is recommended for the point where the pendant passes through a chock.

How long should my mooring lines be?

When calculating the length of your mooring line, it is possible to follow a general rule of thumb. For bow lines and stern lines, the length of the line should be at least half the length of your boat. For spring lines, the length should be the full length of the boat or longer.

What is a pendant line?

A standing (not running) rope of specified length with fixed end connections.

What are the three 3 basic mooring line types?

Mooring rope is used to attach fittings on a vessel to fittings on a pier or harbour. There are three main types of mooring lines; chain mooring lines, wire mooring lines and synthetic fibre ropes. They are designed to be incredibly durable and strong to keep even the heaviest of vessels securely in place.

What is the best mooring line?

Nylon for Dock & Mooring Lines recommends using nylon rope for dock and mooring lines; the stretch characteristics of nylon absorb shock and will resist damaging cleats on your boat and on your dock. Nylon is available in 3-strand or twisted line, 8-strand, 12-strand or Mega Braid and in a double braid or yacht braid.

How heavy should a mooring be?

A weight of 10 times boat length is a good rule of thumb. The heavier the better, as long as you don’t have to move it. Heavy objects like concrete blocks can’t dig in, so their weight should be more than needed. For boats less than 25′ in length the mooring should weigh 200 lbs.