Mooring idea...?

[jacko264]

The trailer cable is only 3mm thick  

[Ronaldo47]

6 hours ago, PeterF said:

I expect that a small diameter wire rope that rubs along the armco as boats pass will wear through a few strands, which will then lift and make a good source of finger piercing sharp pointed objects. Wire rops is great but rubbing contact is not its forte.

You could always thread the wire through a sacrificial length of hose pipe, replacing as necessary. 

Edited June 17, 2023 by Ronaldo47

[ditchcrawler]

9 minutes ago, jacko264 said:

The trailer cable is only 3mm thick  

Its only there to put the breaks on if the coupling fails and then snap so you are not trying to tow the trailer with it.

[MtB]

14 minutes ago, jacko264 said:

The trailer cable is only 3mm thick  

 

Probably has a breaking strain of a couple of tonnes then.

 

 

[captain flint]

4 hours ago, jacko264 said:

The trailer cable is only 3mm thick  

yeah plus it's electrical cable! I had a proper look. I'm getting some 5mm cable with soft loop ends. Just an experiment. Might not be worth it but it's not gonna break the bank either

3 hours ago, MtB said:

 

Probably has a breaking strain of a couple of tonnes then.

 

 

yeah but it's not even proper cable, it's for brake lights! Does say it has a wound steel core for strength iirc, but there are other similar items that are just cable. I'm gonna have a play with one of them instead

3 hours ago, Ronaldo47 said:

You could always thread the wire through a sacrificial length of hose pipe, replacing as necessary. 

this is a good thought! Though now I think some more on it, I reckon if I can get hose through the gap, it's most likely big enough to pass the links of my mooring chain through. But maybe I have some thinner plastic tubing knocking around, calorifier type plastic pipe rather than garden hose

Edited June 17, 2023 by captain flint

[GUMPY]

Plastic coated wire rope is available 🤔

[captain flint]

On 17/06/2023 at 20:04, MtB said:

 

Probably has a breaking strain of a couple of tonnes then.

 

 

I ordered some plastic coated 4mm steel cable (6mm including the plastic coating) , 60cm long, with a loop at each end.

 

 

It's been brilliant. I can wiggle it through little gaps too small for my mooring chain links to get through. 

 

Brilliant, that is, until I left it on the towpath somewhere. 

Edited October 13, 2023 by captain flint

[ditchcrawler]

On 16/06/2023 at 16:39, magnetman said:

Another approach is to fashion a length of channel section about 3"x1" and 3 feet long and drop it in the gap. Drill a hole and put a shackle at the top for the rope. If the piling is not badly distorted it will tend to wedge itself in place and be easy to withdraw. 

 

 

2 feet long will probably suffice. If you had some holes in it you could alter the height of the securing point by putting a threaded rod through with a bolt each side thereby preventing the boat from pulling it upwards.