Should I be concerned about this wear? I’m thinking it’s normal wear (from mooring ropes) on a superficial (non-integral) layer. So it can simply be over-patched for cosmetic reasons, correct?
(Apologies for noobie question)
Looks like may only be the wear patch needing replaced. Not ideal to have ropes rubbing on it, worth replacing it with more material and adding some C section (or cut D) rubber for the rope to sit in.
Hi Paul,
That looks like a Redbay; ours has the same setup. On the rare occasions we use a mooring I usually attach a mooring line to eye on the bow rather than the Samson post on top of the anchor locker. I tie that off on the mooring so that the load is on the bow eye, but with a trailing end coming up into the boat so that I can haul the whole lot up over the side to cast off. (Can’t reach round to the bow eye whilst afloat)
If I was doing it regularly I’d probably rig up something with shackles, karabiners or similar so I didn’t have the possibility of excessive wear. I’d avoid running the load up over the tubes like that though.
Hi Paul. Fraid I don’t have anything permanent rigged up cos we very seldom use moorings for anything other than a quick tea stop. If I’m leaving her over night like when we’re on holiday I do it like this ( excuse my limited art skills):
Like I said *if* I did it regularly I might fix something up with a snap shackle/ karabiner to attach to the mooring to make deploying it easier.
