Mooring rigs

[Dick Turnbull]

I have recently bought a BRE which I intend to keep on a swinging mooring. Do any members have any comments on the best way to 'rig' a mooring? i.e. Is the 'trailer ring' on the bow strong enough on it's own or should I put mooring warps on the mooring buoy to attach to the boats forward cleats via the guides by the bowsprit?
Any comments would be welcome.
Thanks, Dick Turnbull.

[Robin]

I kept my BRe on a swinging mooring in an exposed spot. I used a plastic coated cable shackled to the tow ring, with a heavy clip at the free end. It worked  fine but I did back it up with a bridle taken from both bow fairleads. The only hitch I had was due to my own carelessness in attaching a zinc plated shackle to the stainless ring at the free end. This disintegrated after only a few weeks, fortunately whilst I was busy clipping onto my mooring rather than after leaving the boat. Otherwise the set up was robust in some rough conditions.

[Graham W]

You may find these two threads useful:
https://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php/topic,3333.0.html
https://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php/topic,1912.0.html

[Sea Simon]

Thanks GW.

Overall view of my BRe mooring set up.
Ballast generally left in. Interior stays clean/dry due to overall mooring cover.

Note also all the anti seagull devices! You'll  need to think about that too!

[MarkF]

I am making a temporary mooring and had the same question about using the bow ring. I can't see an answer in previous posts.

I was going to use a short mooring line with a screw-gate carbine to attach to the towing eye. Then a longer backup line to the deck cleat. The idea behind putting the main load through the towing ring is to resolve the chafe issue , as the line through the fairlead will normally be slack (May need to tie it down so it doesn't pop out of the fairlead).

Does this seem like a suitable idea? I thought the bow towing eye ought to be strong enough to moor the boat, given its use hauling it onto the trailer