You could draw the attention of the mooring provider to the case of Shearing v. Torquay District Council where it was held that the Council, which rented out the mooring to the owner of the yacht "Quercus", was liable in tort when the yacht sank as a result of the failure of the mooring tackle.Hi, my mooring has a very thick seaweedy rope as its riser (see image). I pulled it up on a low tide and it looks pretty intact, but how am I supposed to know? I asked the owners how/whether they service them, but they haven't got back to me...
Any thoughts...?
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Depends on what it is and how big. My riser is 36mm Polysteel octoplait and the growth looks somewhat similar to yours.
If I scrape off the growth, the polysteel is good as new.
What really needs checking is the attachment of the strops and the attachment of the riser to the block/ground chain/anchor.
Look for signs of wear. Polysteel seems very resistant to chafe and each time I check mine they look exceeding good.
I was talking to the guy who maintains my mooring recently and he prefers chain because he's seen too many strops fail when the thimble wears away, and it will happen to a good one too, quite possibly in less time than it will take for a chain to wear/corrodeas many rope risers fail when the cheap thin thimble rusts away
Take loads of dated photos, send these to the owner of the mooring. Keep records of all emails, communication etc. And possibly inform them that for your own insurance you are also inform your insurance company
I was talking to the guy who maintains my mooring recently and he prefers chain because he's seen too many strops fail when the thimble wears away, and it will happen to a good one too, quite possibly in less time than it will take for a chain to wear/corrode
I was talking to the guy who maintains my mooring recently and he prefers chain because he's seen too many strops fail when the thimble wears away, and it will happen to a good one too, quite possibly in less time than it will take for a chain to wear/corrode
Point takenYou have to be careful here. There's obviously a need to have the mooring inspected and serviced but it would be foolhardy to advise insurers that you have worries about it, they would most likely refuse cover if it failed. If it did fail and correspondence came to light that you had consider it unsafe, wave goodbye to any claim.