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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 10:14:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 10:42:21 GMT
Went a couple of years with nappy pins and bank pins when on the ashby, lost a few, found my boat across the cut... Picked up some chains last year and have used them every time i moor now, nice to be able to walk away and not fear the boat coming undone.
There is still one spot i like to moo though on the ashby that i have to use bank pins, between bridges 37/38, lovely spot but shit piling with wooden plans all rotton and falling off.
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Post by cygnus on Feb 1, 2018 10:54:49 GMT
Johnv, I hope you're inwardly digesting all this about mooring pins, deeper the better, hey John ?
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Post by Jim on Feb 1, 2018 13:16:29 GMT
But how do you know if they have only been knocked in a few inches, do you stick your willy down the hole to test depth, what if its more than 5 inches deep?  Confused. Haha 9” if you don’t mind! Measured by a fisherman? |
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Post by JohnV on Feb 1, 2018 13:42:39 GMT
Johnv, I hope you're inwardly digesting all this about mooring pins, deeper the better, hey John ? Mine were long enough .... but too thin and one buckled when the tanker went past ...... I seem to remember I left one still stuck in the bank 'cos I couldn't pull the damn thing out ....... and that was without the benefit of your oversized sledge hammer.  Those you had (and the method of hammering them in) should be strong enough to hold an ocean liner |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 1, 2018 14:07:38 GMT
That's the only occasion in all our boating years, when a piling pin has become detached. I use chains whenever I'm going out for the day, or leaving the boat unattended longer than usual, but routinely use piling pins (nappy pin style), and without problem. The one incident was my mistake, and putting the pin where the retaining bolt is, prevents that happening. Do most people on here use chains? (For mooring  ) Rog Goat chains and truck ratchet straps. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 16:25:23 GMT
You loop the chain through the arco, then the little hoop goes through the big hoop, then your rope/strap goes from boat to little hoop... Dead easy and cant come free unless you are shit at tying your ropes, or the scrotes come along.
Here is the dullard dan to show you.
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Post by patty on Feb 1, 2018 17:05:13 GMT
Heh, I larfed at 'dullard'. But I used to like Dan's videos - he appreciated the countryside and 'the boating life'. So, chains don't rub up and down and squeak? Yeah, I think we'll give 'em a go. Where to find them, though.... I suppose we could always cut dogless's ropes and steal a pair. Swindlers stock them...thats where i brought mine when I had my boat... |
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Post by Telemachus on Feb 1, 2018 17:18:20 GMT
Heh, I larfed at 'dullard'. But I used to like Dan's videos - he appreciated the countryside and 'the boating life'. So, chains don't rub up and down and squeak? Yeah, I think we'll give 'em a go. Where to find them, though.... I suppose we could always cut dogless's ropes and steal a pair. Widely available in anything resembling a chandlers. We got hooks supplied with the new boat, bought chains after about 6 months and never used the hooks again (in the last 7 years). Well worth it. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 17:23:34 GMT
"Bank pins" sounds like a voodoo doll tool you use when seeking approval for a mortgage.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 17:26:57 GMT
I was using mooring hooks to attach to piling before they were available in chandlers. I just used small crane hooks or chain hooks. Perfectly secure. This was in the mid nineties. Nobody else was using hooks just chains. You have to put them by the bolt holding the "Armco to the piling otherwise they can jump. Same with nappy pins obviously.  www.gsproducts.co.uk/alloy-steel-clevis-grab-chain-hooks/Ah. Clevis hooks that's what they are called. I think it was the 8mm pin ones I had. I found them at a dump. Not expensive and very effective and no squeaks. |
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