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Steveo · 01-31-2007, 10:04 AM

I was confused by a portion of the episode. They took the mooring into what looked like shallow water. Then they placed it on top of some rocks. The way I thought moorings work were - 1. the weight and 2. the suction the mooring creates with the sand/mud on the bottom. That is at least they way my mooring works. After a year on so on the bottom my mooring is usually buried due to the chain dragging the sand/mud around the edge of the block. Every 2 years or so I dig it out to make sure the eyebolt that goes through the entire block is still properly attached to the bottom. It just seemed weird they placed it on top of a rock pile.

01-31-2007, 10:04 AM	#14
Steveo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 524 Thanks: 47 Thanked 123 Times in 63 Posts	I was confused by a portion of the episode. They took the mooring into what looked like shallow water. Then they placed it on top of some rocks. The way I thought moorings work were - 1. the weight and 2. the suction the mooring creates with the sand/mud on the bottom. That is at least they way my mooring works. After a year on so on the bottom my mooring is usually buried due to the chain dragging the sand/mud around the edge of the block. Every 2 years or so I dig it out to make sure the eyebolt that goes through the entire block is still properly attached to the bottom. It just seemed weird they placed it on top of a rock pile.