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• Homemade mooring --ideas or tips? (for a light boat, a Cal 20)
  • How about Sputniks overheating Volvo?
    • Nah, the engine can't weight more than
      • Humor will be hit or miss here Jud
  • go to your nearest truck repair shop or truck junk yard...
    • Mike, thanks for the idea...I can see how this would work better than concreted tires! I could also probably supplement
    • Jud's Mooring Field ...
      • we're in about 10 feet of mud/sand.
        • Titusville ... I Think
          • there are two marinas there which share a common breakwater
            • I'm Familiar With It ...
            • Rode out a Hurricane in the Titusville City Marina
              • Not Much to Do in Titusville Anywhere ...
              • come on
  • Concrete Mooring
    • Careful with that rebar....
      • rebar also has another problem...
    • 300 pounds of concrete weighs less under water
      • It still weighs 300 pounds
        • You're splitting hairs with semantics
          • Nope, if you put a scale in the water it would show 300 pounds
            • OK I'm calling you on that
              • weight
              • It's still weight
                • mass vs weight
                  • Exactly! Mass and weight are not the same thing.
            • concrete weighs 40% less in water, if memory serves me...
              • Mass gets bigger when mweight goes up.
  • how cheap is cheap? and how deep is your mooring field?
  • How about a few Danforths?
  • It all depends on your bottom..
  • What about moorings for a larger boat?