The mooring block that Phil built

We bought a mooring in Nelson 18 months ago and were planning to replace it with a heavier block when we fly home later this year, but when Phil found out how much our son Luke was paying to keep his boat on someones mooring he decided to make one now. With only a week or so to go before we were leaving Nelson he had to rush around and gather materials, build it and get it into position.

The end result was a massive 6.3 ton block, 2 metres in diameter and filled with 3,000kg of rusty chain and 1 1/2 cube of concrete. It was trucked to the port and taken out to the site hanging from the bow of "Argo", dropping the bow at least 2 feet. There is no chain, but a bottom line of 32mm dyneema to a swivel and then a top line of 40mm nylon. The weight of the block allows for a shorter swing.



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