Mooring Pennant Lines

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Mooring pennant lines.

The pennants are then brought up to boat cleats on both sides of the bow. The mooring pendants i choose to use are made by yale cordage right here in maine. We are specialized in mooring lines boat docking mooring pendants anchor lines dock lines anchor snubber bridle systems fender whips among other high quality marine products which are splices by us professionally with high quality nylon rope. The pennant ties the boat to the mooring.

Rope made in usa. Shop read reviews or ask questions about mooring pendants at the official west marine online store. The mooring setup consists of a mooring line usually called a mooring pendant or mooring pennant which goes from a strong deck cleat to your mooring buoy which will have a strong attachment point. Easy splicing 3 strand line is most common made from nylon for shock absorbing stretch.

All pennants have a stainless steel thimble on one end and a soft eye on the other end with a tag line. They are time tested proven and extremely durable. They are made of a polyester jacket with a polyester pet core and then treated with a proprietary maxijacket coating to resist marine growth grit and to aid in abrasion resistance. The best custom boat lines custom colored ropes special assemblies made to your specifications mooring pendant also called mooring line is a relatively short length of line used to connect a vessel to a mooring buoy or mooring usually via the boat s bow eye or bow cleats.

Since the introduction of high energy absorbing double braid nylon mooring pendants the security of boat moorings have dramatically improved. Your line length should be approximately 2 5 the height of the freeboard at the chock. Since 1968 west marine has grown to over 250 local stores with knowledgeable associates happy to assist. Our poly nylon premium 3 strand and cyclone mooring pennants are designed to outlast the competition.

This line should have a professionally spliced eye to. Shop with confidence get free shipping to home or stores price match guarantee. Be sure also to use to use anti chafing tape or hose where the pennants pass through the chocks. Choose the largest diameter that reasonably fits through the bow chocks and around the mooring bit or cleat for best bet.

The one problem that can occur with double pennants is that they may wrap around each other near the mooring chain attachment point. The boat can free wheel about the mooring depending on the wind direction. All made and manufactured in usa are of the highest quality and performance specifications for all your mooring needs.