Mooring Whips - Good or Bad

[ApS]

One of my tenants has actually been injured here while working on his mooring whip-equipped boat!

Yes, we have a "recent" wake problem and have to "double-up" on dock lines or put our largest boat on the mooring. Fortunately, it's mostly just weekends.

The exposure here is such that a warp-line gets snagged with any change of wind. (One line becomes "loaded", such that it is brought closer to the surface than the other line). Warp-lines work best on dinghies without rudders or propellers: our smaller boats just get pulled out of the water.

Now I have a question for a seasoned ocean sailor that relates to whips, wind, and wakes. (To simplify, leave off "spray" from the equation).

If that photographed wake was "normal wave action" from wind, what would you estimate the period and frequency to be? For reference, the dock is five-feet wide, and that is a wake from one boat.

[sea_n_ski]

They are a great invention. I used whips for a couple of seasons and was very happy with them. They handled my 20 foot Malibu with no problem even in high winds and waves. This year I am putting in boat lifts, because I want to keep the bottom of the boat clean and my inboard is too difficult to dock for my children. If anyone wants my old whips ( couple years old) drop me a line. I bought them at Overtons: http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...s&merchID=4005

[NoBozo]

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

The exposure here is such that a warp-line gets snagged with any change of wind. (One line becomes "loaded", such that it is brought closer to the surface than the other line). Warp-lines work best on dinghies without rudders or propellers: our smaller boats just get pulled out of the water.one boat.

APS: That is an Excellent point that I had not considered. SO: Think of some way you can attach a "Sentinal' to the warp to keep it low enough to avoid the interference with props, outdrives, rudders, etc NB

PS: "Chapmans" has stuff on Sentinals I think.

[NoBozo]

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

Now I have a question for a seasoned ocean sailor that relates to whips, wind, and wakes. (To simplify, leave off "spray" from the equation).

If that photographed wake was "normal wave action" from wind, what would you estimate the period and frequency to be? For reference, the dock is five-feet wide, and that is a wake from one boat.

As a seasoned Ocean Sailor I feel Must step foreward.

If that were my dock.... and that was Normal wave action and frequency......as I understand it.....Frequency being the time in Seconds ..from Crest to Crest....as the waves roll by...........

I would build a breakwater. NB

[Gatto Nero]

Originally Posted by NoBozo

As a seasoned Ocean Sailor I feel Must step foreward.

If that were my dock.... and that was Normal wave action and frequency......as I understand it.....Frequency being the time in Seconds ..from Crest to Crest....as the waves roll by...........

I would build a breakwater. NB

Good luck with that. I finally got permitted for mine but it took about 5 years,