Sorry everyone,

I spent a few hours putting in a new, heavier bow ring and then we had folks out for a stunning sunset sail.



Yes the ring that attaches the boat to the trailer. That ring was attached to my mooring and broke from fatigue during a 40 mph sustained gust. I  use a chain on a mooring on a fairly  large MN lake.  It’s mostly sheltered but when those SE breezes come up there is about 1.5 mi of open water so there can be a fair amount of wave action on top of sustained 20mph winds at times.

Should I be concerned that the boat fiberglass could be damaged?  Any thoughts on some kind of spring or a better set up?

Thanks so much,
Matt Wilson
HornblowerII
White Bear Lake, MN

On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 4:13 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Hi Larry,
>
> Are you referring to the ring on the bow which is used to winch the boat
> onto the trailer?  Does the bow have a big hole where the ring used to be?
> What sort of conditions did it take to do that?  What are you going to have
> to do to repair ?
>
> Does your boat have bow line chocks?  If yes, then just route the mooring
> line from the bow cleat thru the line chock and down to the mooring buoy.
> You could rig a bridle thru each line chock.  But, the boat won’t ride too
> far off center with just one.  I wouldn’t bother with rigging the 2nd
> line.  I presume this will be temporary?
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> 1978. Sanford, MI
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 7, 2024, at 3:36 PM, Larry Gioia via Rhodes22-list <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >
> >  I've seen setups where a yoke is created by a line tied at each end to
> the 2 foredeck cleats and leading around the bow, connected to a separate
> line that goes to the mooring.
> > And I am curious about that sheared bow ring.
> > Larry
> >    On Friday, June 7, 2024 at 03:29:27 PM EDT, Matt Wilson <
> mwhornblower at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I just had a bow ring shear off during a storm.  Any advice on mooring
> to a
> > buoy without one…just using the foredeck cleat.
> >
> > Much appreciated,
> > Matt Wilson
> > Hornblower II
> > White Bear Lake, MN
> >
>