Mooring rope sizes...

[The Jester]

What size mooring ropes do you lads use I'm looking to buy 2 x 4m lengths but unsure whether to get 12mm, 14mm
Cant remember the size that i bought for the M/Fisher

[oldessox]

I was just about to say 12mm , but now you got me thinking

[The Jester]

I was just about to say 12mm , but now you got me thinking

Aye Ray, not sure but i think i got 12mm but when it came the diameter was bigger

[big_sean]

I went to a boat jumble and got 3x 10mt lengths of 10mm braided rope for a tenner top quality stuff and that has been all i have ever needed

For my anchor i use 10mm

Sean

[easyfish1]

What size mooring ropes do you lads use I'm looking to buy 2 x 4m lengths but unsure whether to get 12mm, 14mm
Cant remember the size that i bought for the M/Fisher

chris, dont buy any....

i've got tons....

14mm..

[oldessox]

10 mm is ample to moore the boat, but I think my mooring lines are 14mm and are different material to the anchor rope, which is 12mm nylon , the mooring lines are softer and more pliable, I wouldn't want them any thicker though as they fill the cleats at the I've they are. Polyester maybe?

[The Jester]

Just had asearch on the net, and it states 10mm is ample for boats upto 6m, 14mm for boats upto 8m, but going a size bigger cant hurt
Nylon rope is recommended as it stretches as the boat moves A less stretchy type of rope is used with mooring snubbers...so i'm led to believe..

[Kev1n]

Have a look at the guide here Mooring Warps - Size Guide

I've just bought some 14mm lines as they feel a nice size to handle and went for 10 metre length. Shorter is usually OK, but the extra comes in ahndy at times and it's esier to tie off the excess than to add more on.

[The Jester]

Good link Kev , i'm sorted now from a very good friend of mine off here

[big_sean]

Have a look at the guide here Mooring Warps - Size Guide

I've just bought some 14mm lines as they feel a nice size to handle and went for 10 metre length. Shorter is usually OK, but the extra comes in ahndy at times and it's esier to tie off the excess than to add more on.

Thats who i got my rope from at the boat jumble and it says on his site i got the right stuff
well chuffed as it does look posh he he he

Sean

[The Jester]

I got some 10mm rope today, nice and soft, just finished splicing the loops in, so all ready to put the boat on its mooring now......Happy Days..

[easyfish1]

soft, strong and 4 metres long.......

quality ropes at extortionate prices........

[The Jester]

Does anyone use mooring rope snubbers to stop the impact on the ropes and cleats ......Are they worth getting

[Kev1n]

I’ve never used snubbers, just tied the lines with minimal slack so the boat cannot move much before coming tight on the lines and fenders so the forces are limited.
Where the line passes over the gunnel it chaffed its way into the wood, before I protected it by sliding a length of hose over the line.

[The Jester]

Cheers Kev, I'll slide some hose pipe over the rope like you say