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Mooring Specifications

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Details of the components, sizes, installation, inspection and maintenance of the moorings required by this yacht club for its mooring field. Includes anchor, chain swivel, shackles, pendant, bridle, pickup buoy, and chafing gear.

[American Yacht Club, Rye, NY, USA]
- The AYC moorings

Buck Algonquin mooring hardware

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Bits and cleats for mooring, docking and towing. Also bow eyes and chocks, rope deck pipes and hawser pipes,

[Buck Algonquin, Smyrna, DE, USA]
- Buck Algonquin mooring accessories
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Checklists for Going Sailing

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By Geoff Kuenning

For those who like checklists, compare yours with these extensive equipment and procedure lists for anchoring or mooring, departure or arrival, on daysailing, overnight, or long-distance trips.

[Geoff Kuenning, Claremont, CA, USA]
- Read the mooring checklist

Building a Mahogany Boathook

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Building a Mahogany Boathook

"A boring, lousy aluminum or plastic boathook, as commonly seen, is not a pleasing aesthetic addition" to your boat, according to the author who gives instructions on making one that will beautify your boat. Photos

[Timothy Lackey, North Yarmouth, ME, USA]
- Tips on making your own boathook

Etiquette of saving mooring balls with your dinghy

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There may be no hard-and-fast rules about appropriating a mooring with a dinghy, but here is some advice about the etiquette involved.

[Bareboats BVI, Tortola, BVI]
- About dinghies to hold moorings

Mooring Technique

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Steps to finding, picking up, and retaining a mooring ball when you arrive in a new port.

[Sail On Line, New York, NY, USA]
- How to pick up a mooring ball

Dragging Anchor or Losing a Mooring Ball

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By John Keys

Picking up a mooring may be no more secure than anchoring. Here′s how to avoid danger from an invisibly rotted or frayed mooring line.

[Sail On Line, New York, NY, USA]
- Advice on picking up a mooring ball

Step by Step: Mooring Balls and Shorthanded Anchoring

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On-line publishser By Judy Rouse

A novel approach to picking up a mooring ball singlehanded. Includes step-by-step instructions.

[Sail Jazz, Mount Pleasant, SC, USA]
- Read the article on line

Winter Mooring Log

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By Gregg Sawyer Winter Mooring Log

"In the U.S. North East, it is standard practice to remove the mooring float and attach a log for the winter." Here′s one man′s version of this method designed to stay free of floating ice.

[Gregg A. Sawyer, Weymouth, MA, USA]
- An ice-free mooring buoy

Buck Algonquin mooring hardware

SPONSOR [Vendor] Buck Algonquin mooring hardware - add to MyResources
Manufacturer Buck Algonquin mooring hardware

Bits and cleats for mooring, docking and towing. Also bow eyes and chocks, rope deck pipes and hawser pipes,

[Buck Algonquin, Smyrna, DE, USA]
- Buck Algonquin mooring accessories
- Buck Algonquin dealers

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Whether picking up a mooring ball or setting the hook, your neighbors will appreciate a refined technique.

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