Loop in mooring riser

[smithy]

In the past the mooring contractor always used a continuous multiplat riser from the chain to a soft eye on the boat. The mooring buoy was always tied on to this with a short length of rope using a rolling hitch. I changed mooring contractor. He renewed the riser but this time put a loop in the multiplat tying the buoy to this. It just looks a bit unprofessional to me. Am I worrying about nothing?

 

[sarabande]

Multiplait suffers less from friction than say 3 strand because it is more pliable, but that double loop looks a bit of a temporary lashup and not like best practice.

 

[Topcat47]

The knots weaken both lines. I would expect proper splices on risers.

 

[smithy]

The knots weaken both lines. I would expect proper splices on risers.

The eye is spliced its just a knotted loop thats been put into the multiplat to tie the buoy onto.

 

[alahol2]

I'd take the knot out of the riser (while you still can?) and splice the rope from the buoy into the riser. The riser is the last bit you want to compromise by knotting it.