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I'd think you might want a bit longer a set of mooring pennants or anchor bridles. Given the height of the freeboard of your boat, and the distance the hawse holes are set back from the bow, it might be wiser to go longer, rather than shorter, since you need to clear the bobstay.
While I don't know your particular boat all that well, I'd guess that you have at least five-to-six feet of freeboard at the hawse holes... and given that you'll need at least three-to-four feet to make fast the pennants to the boat, that only leaves you about 12' or so of usable length. Subtract another two feet for making fast to the mooring ball... you're down to 10', and given the 5' of freeboard, that means you're only 8' or so forward of the hawse holes horizontally, which puts your bobstay pretty close to the mooring ball.
In the case of a snubber for an all-chain rode... going longer is a necessity IMHO, since you can then let out additional scope without having to retract the chain in order to detach the snubber and then re-attach it after releasing more chain. If you're ever in a situation where you think more scope is needed, the last thing you want to have to do is worry about detaching and re-attaching the snubber.
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New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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