In the sketch the boat is moored by the chain , not thru the mooring ball.
That is far safer than hoping a iron ring is still strongly attached to the chain.
We pick up the mooring line with a boat hook or with the pick up stick.
Then we run a line thru the eye of the mooring line , so OUR line is running out thru any chocks or the hawse hole.
That way any wear/chafe is to our line , not the mooring equipment.
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