geronimo
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There is more here on various other hooks than on Moorfast. Anybody likes the device? It is very clever but is it good and practical?
Moorfast - worth having ?
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Skyva_2
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Moorfast works for us, SWMBO loves it, and who am I to disagree? Probably best for mooring buoys that have a fixed ring, and it has never let us down on them.
Ariadne
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SWMBO bought one 2 years ago, practised for hours on the pontoon learning how to use it.
NEVER used in anger though, what can I say!
Still it looks good, one day I'll find out just how good.
NEVER used in anger though, what can I say!
Still it looks good, one day I'll find out just how good.
cliff
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Have one - hardly ever used - prefer the <u><span style="color:red">Bosco boat hook</span></u>. The only time we bother with the moorfast is for putting on secondary lines once the boat is attached to the mooring with the Bosco.
With the addition of a wire sling the Bosco can be used on bollards as well.
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With the addition of a wire sling the Bosco can be used on bollards as well.
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anniebray
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I have recently bought one for our new boat but have not yet used it (probably this WE at Lymington). I was keen on the Bosco or similar but my partner thought she might struggle with the weight . I plan to add a Bosco (or similar) later, after all its only a matter of adding an attachment bracket to your standard boat hook.
FrancisRutter
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I had one, and when it went with my old boat I bought another to use with the new [to me] boat. Don't need it for a pontoon with normal cleats with wings, but for a mooring ring, or a place like Tichmarsh marina where the pontoons have hoops instead of cleats, it is invaluable.
Malcb
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..... after all its only a matter of adding an attachment bracket to your standard boat hook.
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It comes complete with extending pole with bracket attached.
..... after all its only a matter of adding an attachment bracket to your standard boat hook.
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It comes complete with extending pole with bracket attached.
Ifraser
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I'm often single handed on a 26' cruiser and it makes life so much easier as I can manouver alongside a bouy and then reach across and thread the ring using the moorfast rather than having to struggle to haul the bouy close enough and then lean over the rail to get it while the boat is trying to drift away. I believe it will be just a useful for crew as leaning down to a mooring bouy off the bow is difficult and on some boats impossible. I reckon its a great piece of kit but have a practice with it first as I find if I don't keep light tension on the line the moving part can become detached from the mechanism... cheers Iain
cliffb
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I've tried others..(not the Bosco tho') and the Moorfast is the best. As Ifraser has said though, it's best to keep a bit of tension on the line. If I had to cite a problem with it, - sometimes the knot joining the Moorfast line to my warp gets caught when pulling it through a ring on a bouy. But then, I do use a 18mm warp... so it's a pretty big knot. Having said that... it's only sometimes, and a bit of jiggling gets it through. Depends a lot on wind and tide at the time. All in all we're well happy with it.
mobeydick
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Works very well on difficult to reach rings, bouys and so forth. Different to Bosco as you can use your own proper/normal warps.
Cliffb, try using a rolling hitch or similar, using the thin Moorfast rope around the thick mooring warp, if you see what I mean. Then there is no knot in the thick stuff.
Cliffb, try using a rolling hitch or similar, using the thin Moorfast rope around the thick mooring warp, if you see what I mean. Then there is no knot in the thick stuff.
davidfox
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What does a moorfast look like?
georgeo
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have had 2, still have one. Find them a bit tender
davidfox
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Find them a bit tender
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Look like, not taste like!
Find them a bit tender
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Look like, not taste like!
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Skyva_2
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geoffatstanpit
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So that's what you're talking about! I have one - it's called a "Swif-Tie-Matic" and I bought it in 1979. It works fine - the hard part is remembering to take it with me. I don't often tie up to the sort of thing it works with (thin rings standing proud, tight lines or thin bars).
mobeydick
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The moorfast has an extra bit poking out that can lift up a ring that is lying down, so it doesn't have to be 'proud'
Odd that both Moorfast and Siftie-matic seem to have the same 'unique' mechanism.
Odd that both Moorfast and Siftie-matic seem to have the same 'unique' mechanism.
PetiteFleur
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I have one and it works well on the fixed eyes on mooring bouys. But you cannot have a very thick line attached to the initial line as it's difficult to pull it through the eye on the bouy.
cliff
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Works very well on difficult to reach rings, bouys and so forth. Different to Bosco as you can use your own proper/normal warps.
[/ QUOTE ]You could use your own warp on a Bosco if you so desired although you would need to make provisions for the release cord.
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Works very well on difficult to reach rings, bouys and so forth. Different to Bosco as you can use your own proper/normal warps.
[/ QUOTE ]You could use your own warp on a Bosco if you so desired although you would need to make provisions for the release cord.
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geronimo
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Thank you all
Sounds like a good idea to have one
Sounds like a good idea to have one
