DIY mooring pole - advice

[oldvarnish]

Coming into my berth s/handed I've found a mooring pole useful. They're those aluminium tubes with a rowlock in the top and a springy mount on the bottom and they hold the stern or bow line so that you can grab it without jumping ashore. Works a treat for me.

Thought I'd buy a new one for my new berth (last one got nicked)

£56!!!!! at Force 4. Some kind of joke, surely?

I've got a drawer full of rowlocks, and plenty of plastic tube, so I'm making my own.

What would you use for the bottom end that attaches to the pontoon?

 

[Hadenough]

Depending on the diameter of the pole you are using I'd bore a hole of suitable diameter in the side of a 300mm length of. 100mm x 50mm joist, screw it to the dock and stick the pole in it. You can get flat blade drills of all sizes for a few quid. Not pretty but less attractive to tea leaves.

 

[Cantata]

I have a very effective one made from a broom handle with hooks on the top fashioned from a old wire coat-hanger. I even varnished it. No springy thing at the bottom, but nevertheless it works a treat. Must have cost all of two quid!

 

[sailorman]

Coming into my berth s/handed I've found a mooring pole useful. They're those aluminium tubes with a rowlock in the top and a springy mount on the bottom and they hold the stern or bow line so that you can grab it without jumping ashore. Works a treat for me.

Thought I'd buy a new one for my new berth (last one got nicked)

£56!!!!! at Force 4. Some kind of joke, surely?

I've got a drawer full of rowlocks, and plenty of plastic tube, so I'm making my own.

What would you use for the bottom end that attaches to the pontoon?

I have permanent lines made up with loops laid on the pontoon if they get kicked in or moved they can easily picked up with a boat hook even s/handed

 

[ribrage]

Coming into my berth s/handed I've found a mooring pole useful. They're those aluminium tubes with a rowlock in the top and a springy mount on the bottom and they hold the stern or bow line so that you can grab it without jumping ashore. Works a treat for me.

Thought I'd buy a new one for my new berth (last one got nicked)

£56!!!!! at Force 4. Some kind of joke, surely?

I've got a drawer full of rowlocks, and plenty of plastic tube, so I'm making my own.

What would you use for the bottom end that attaches to the pontoon?

I have one - you can swop it for the Manson , so long as its delivered