May 6, 2009 - New Mooring Pendants

I picked up the new mooring pendants from Beaufort Marine Supply today.  They did a nice job with the splicing.  I picked up an American made shackle and swivel, since the Chinese stuff that only lasted a year and a half was a little disconcerting.  Everything is 3/4" galvanized and 5/8" 3-strand nylon.  Pricey and overkill, but I'm OK with that coming up on hurricane season.

I also left a loop on the end of one of the mooring lines so that there's a way to quickly grab a line and throw it on a cleat when coming up to the mooring.  This should make singlehanding or doublehanding easier so that we cna just grab the loop and cleat that while sorting the other mooring line; then come back and adjust the side with the loop.