TonyS
regular
Reged: 23/02/2003
Posts: 379
Loc: Southampton, UK
|
Re: Mooring to pontoons
14/05/2008 14:06
|
|
|
We are the same as you. We solved the problem with a "pontoon hook". I was paid by PBO for the article! You go to B&Q and buy a metre length of perforated galvanised strip- used to be £2. About 30 mm wide and 7mm thick. Cut in two - you have material to make 2! Bend the end round about a 3" radius using large adjustable spanners and a good vice, leaving a straight piece. To this attach at the end a shackle with a mooring line. In the top place a cable tie so that it forms a loop for the end of the boat hook. The extended flat piece keeps the centre of gravity below the hook stopping it fallig off. I covered mine with a cycle tube to prevent possible damage to the topsides.
Place SWMBO amidships with boat hook extended in hand with the hook on the end held on by the mooring rope running up the boathook.
SWMBO puts the hook over a cleat or bar at the end of a French pontoon, removes boathook, and cleats off the end of the mooring line. You are now attached. Motor further forward so boat pulled into side. You can now put step on pontoon, step off and deal with remaining mooring ropes at your leisure.
--------------------
Tony
|
|
Previous
Index
Next
Flat
Edit
Reply
Quote
