Puffin_NT32
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2008
- Messages
- 174
- Vessel Name
- Puffin
- Vessel Make
- Nordic Tug 32/34
Pgitug, run bridle through forward chocks. I hang on a mooring and anchor out most of the time. My mooring pennant has two 1" poly lines that I run through the 1" chocks and looped over the Sampson Post. At anchor, I'm all 5/16th chain.
I made up my anchor bridle with a galvanized chain hook, attached to galvanized swivel, spliced to 2 lengths of 5/8th three-strand rope. Picture below, you can see my setup, through the chocks, with tube of black anti-chafe at the chocks, and lashed to the forward side cleats on gunwale. I could also tie off bridle on Sampson Post but gunwale is a stronger tie-off point.
I carry a 35# Delta primary. My second roller carries either a 29# folding grappling (pictured) or 20# Bruce, used as lunch hook or when fishing.
With this setup, the boat has taken on Cat 1 hurricanes at mooring, and I've ridden out 60 knot + squalls at anchor.
I made up my anchor bridle with a galvanized chain hook, attached to galvanized swivel, spliced to 2 lengths of 5/8th three-strand rope. Picture below, you can see my setup, through the chocks, with tube of black anti-chafe at the chocks, and lashed to the forward side cleats on gunwale. I could also tie off bridle on Sampson Post but gunwale is a stronger tie-off point.
I carry a 35# Delta primary. My second roller carries either a 29# folding grappling (pictured) or 20# Bruce, used as lunch hook or when fishing.
With this setup, the boat has taken on Cat 1 hurricanes at mooring, and I've ridden out 60 knot + squalls at anchor.