Running mooring... help needed to identify mystery object?

[meurig64]

I am about to lay a running mooring (sometimes called a frape) for a rowing dinghy. The main line for this type of mooring is a continuous loop running through a rope block on the quayside and running through another block anchored to the river/seabed. I have included a photo of one of my neighbours' moorings at the river/sea bed end as he is using a type of moulded ceramic block with rope eyes moulded into it. I have no idea what this is called and have scoured the internet in vain. Can anyone help identify this mystery object as I would like to source one.

 

[alahol2]

It looks like one of those brown ceramic insulator blocks that are sometimes used on telegraph poles?

 

[Kelpie]

Agree it's probably an insulator.
You might want to find something with a bigger hole- less likely to get fouled up with weed etc.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Agreed. If you want one, try looking at a site for high tension electrical supply equipment.

Looks like a problem that might be best solved with a couple of big galvanised shackles, though.

 

[rob2]

A possible alternative would be a large bullseye, spliced into a loop in a heavy wire to anchor it with.

Rob.

 

[Scillypete]

Tis indeed an insulator block, exactly the same as the one I use and works a treat. Alternatives that work just as well would be a stainless thimble hard eye splice with the tail fixed to whatever anchors the end, you could just use a stainless shackle but the pin is a weakness as its likely to come undone if not well siezed.

No I will not disclose my source for the insulator, do not want to get 'em into any trouble