Moorings It is that time of year again when the Marine Office would like to remind members that the typhoon season will soon be upon us and mooring lines should be checked and replaced if they are in poor condition.
Marine he area of sea bed that the mooring uses is rented from the HKSAR Marine Department. The Club owns the mooring equipment and rents this out to the member. The maintenance of the mooring equipment, insurance, sampan, pontoons etc. are all included in the cost of the mooring.
The Club is only responsible for the concrete sinker, shackles, chain and the mooring buoy. The member must supply their own ropes and shackles to secure the boat to the mooring. The Club leaves a single chain link for the member to attach their mooring equipment to. The blue arrow shows where the member should attach his shackle to. The shackle with the red arrow is the Club shackle and it is this shackle that holds the chain from slipping through the buoy. The Club shackle should not be undone by members.
Members should have hard eyes in their mooring ropes which means that a thimble should be spliced into the rope eye.
Mooring lines should be three strand nylon rope Club supplied equipment
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