Thickness of mooring lines?

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I'm constantly seeing different sized ropes used for different sized boats... sometimes way too small for the size of boat, other times way too big for the size of boat.

I have a Sealine S23 and want to know what thickness rope I should be using for mooring in inland areas. So basicly the wind is never going to be too strong (I have thick rope fixed to the pontoon at 'base' so no need to worry about the strength in stormy weather).

I want to buy some pre-spliced (so goes around the cleat nicely without a big knot at the end of it) blue rope that will go easy on the girlfriends hands when mooring (she's well trained /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif) but don't know how thick to get as i'll be buying it online (way cheaper than my local chandler) pre-spliced

I've seen websites mentioned on this forum (stupid search engine aint helping me much though) where I can buy pre-spliced rope in different lengths - can anyone make a recommendation?

Many thanks guys
 
12 mm is plenty, especially inland, could get away with 10mm, but its a bit thin to handle.

Don't buy three strand Nylon, it goes really stiff after a while and horrible to work with.
 
Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated. I'll go for 16mm - seems like a happy medium
 
yep I think 16mm is too big, too heavy for gf when coiled (and wet), and wont fit well on Sealine s23 cleats. I agree 12mm or 14 is better
 
I went out and checked with the measuring tape. Yup, 16mm is way overkill. It's going to be either 12mm or 14mm - Just can't decide which
 
Hi Alt
We use 12mm Anchorplait / Dockline for our S23. Easy enough to handle, fits nicely on the cleats. We've been using it for 2 years with no problems.
Mind you in our defence for 12mm over 14mm we are dry berthed so we never have to leave the boat moored up in poorer weather.
Hope this helps.
 
Just to check, is Anchorplait a nylon rope? I'm sort of confused as someone said not to use nylon (Or is that just the 3 strand blue stuff that's horrible?)? Anchorplait looks nice and soft

I want to try and get dark blue/navy if possible to match the Sealine colours /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
I recently got some good 12mm braid on braid at a very good price from Barry Edwards who uses boatropes as his ebay username, if you contact him direct he often has better deals then some of his auctions.
 
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I recently got some good 12mm braid on braid at a very good price from Barry Edwards who uses boatropes as his ebay username, if you contact him direct he often has better deals then some of his auctions.

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Are you sure thats his usdername? Won't work for me
 
If you are in a sheltered mooring / marina dockline prepacks is ok if you are in an exposed mooring and get ranging when the weather is rough the dockline prepacks wears much faster than three strand or multiplait ropes as it is a loose central core with a woven sheath outside it, when the sheath wears through the central core wears very quickly.

Dockline prepacks have a fraction of the wear resistance to three strand woven or multiplait.
 
Braid on braid has very low elasticity, that's the purpose of it, so is not ideal for mooring warps in applications where the boat is bounced around. May not be such an issue for inland use, and it is nice to work with.

12mm is plenty big enough for your s23, but thicker ropes look more tough and manly, so if 14mm fits the cleats OK that should be fine.

If you go for anchorplait or multiplait nylon, don't wash it in the washing machine, it goes all fluffy.
 
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