My boat is at a friends dock but I can only secure the boat on one side to the dock. I did make a 200 lbs concrete mushroom anchor that I dropped about 30' away from the dock, had 15' of heavy chain and 5' of light chain. The high tide water depth is 4.5'. Well we just had a really strong wind blow in and it dragged the anchor enough for the boat to rub against the dock.
I am wondering if anyone has used a 20' length of galvanized pipe and water jetted it into the bottom about 10' and used it as a mooring pylon?
I was thinking of using 2" diameter pipe, have 10' in the bottom, 4.5' in the water and the rest standing above water line. I was going to make a loop with the heavy chain and drop the loop over the pylon so it reacts with the pylon at the bottom of the pole. Then use the remaining heavy chain to extend over toward the dock, then have my light chain secured to my buoy, then run dock line to the cleats on the boat.
What do you think?
Oh forgot to mention this is a Chrysler 22 at 3000 lbs
I am wondering if anyone has used a 20' length of galvanized pipe and water jetted it into the bottom about 10' and used it as a mooring pylon?
I was thinking of using 2" diameter pipe, have 10' in the bottom, 4.5' in the water and the rest standing above water line. I was going to make a loop with the heavy chain and drop the loop over the pylon so it reacts with the pylon at the bottom of the pole. Then use the remaining heavy chain to extend over toward the dock, then have my light chain secured to my buoy, then run dock line to the cleats on the boat.
What do you think?
Oh forgot to mention this is a Chrysler 22 at 3000 lbs