[Board] FW: Mooring Float Information

[David S Wajda]

Are there any weight references in the material you sent? Haven't had opportunity to review - 

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> On Jan 15, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Dan Gingras <dan at dangingras.net> wrote:
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> Yes, exactly.  The beauty of this is that the swivel is out of the water and the pennants attach out of the water.   The  only issue is the weight of the chain and whether the float could carry it. 
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> Dan
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> From: Jim McAdams [mailto:jamcadams at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 1:03 PM
> To: johnc at myles.com; dan at dangingras.net; 'Board of Directors' <board at portsmouthyc.org>
> Subject: RE: [Board] FW: Mooring Float Information
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> Dan,
> Thanks.  So the swivel would rest on top of the flat area above the protective waist of the bouy and the two pennants would attach to the ring or shackle on the swivel. 
> Single points of failure would be attachment hardware to boat, swivel, chain and mooring attachment, which are inspectable. 
> If the above is correct, it looks like a good system. 
> I agree with Nanc, it would be nice to test it over the winter. 
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> Thanks again,
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> Jim
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> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 9:38 AM -0800, "Dan Gingras" <dan at dangingras.net> wrote:
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> Jim,
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>    The chain comes up thru a pipe in the center of the buoy and attaches to a swivel.   The pennants attach to the swivel.    I’m attaching a picture of a different buoy (it’s a ball instead of a float) which shows the two types of systems.
>  
> Dan
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> From: Jim McAdams [mailto:jamcadams at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 11:11 AM
> To: johnc at myles.com; dan at dangingras.net; 'Board of Directors' <board at portsmouthyc.org>
> Subject: Re: [Board] FW: Mooring Float Information
>  
> All,
> This looks like a good idea. 
>  
> Being a visual person, does anyone have pix of the fully rigged mooring and the section from just below the waterline to the boat? 
> Trying to visualize double pennants and swivel locations.  Along with how they connect to the chain. 
>  
> Thank you,
> 
> Jim
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> From: Dan Gingras <dan at dangingras.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 10:20
> Subject: Re: [Board] FW: Mooring Float Information
> To: <johnc at myles.com>, 'Board of Directors' <board at portsmouthyc.org>
> 
> 
> The reasons to move to these floats from the large balls are
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> 1- Allow for the use of double pennants (which would have prevented the
> Osprey accident last year)
> 2- Move the swivel to the top of the chain and out of the water,
> preventing potential of the pennant against the swivel if it jams (which may
> have been the cause of the osprey accident)
> 3- Move the pennants out of the water to eliminate growth and prevent
> them from being run over (which happened a couple of times last year)
> 
> Dan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Myles [mailto:JohnC at Myles.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 9:47 AM
> To: dan at dangingras.net; 'Board of Directors' <board at portsmouthyc.org>
> Subject: RE: [Board] FW: Mooring Float Information
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> At $550.00 it's about the same as the big mooring balls to replace.
> Bud
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces at portsmouthyc.org] On Behalf Of Dan Gingras
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 9:40 AM
> To: 'Board of Directors' <board at portsmouthyc.org>
> Subject: [Board] FW: Mooring Float Information
> 
> Attached is what Nancy and I were discussing.
> 
> Dan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Roy [mailto:proy at proconinc.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 8:53 AM
> To: 'Dan Gingras (dan at dangingras.net)' <dan at dangingras.net>
> Subject: FW: Mooring Float Information
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> Paul W. Roy
> Director of Business Development | Client Services
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> From: Scott Dawes [mailto:sdawes at gilmancorp.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 2:29 PM
> To: Paul Roy
> Cc: Liz Gilman
> Subject: Mooring Float Information
> 
> Mr. Roy,
> 
> Thank you for your interest in our mooring floats. As requested, I've
> attached some information to this e-mail in PDF format for your review.
> 
> All of our mooring floats come with the non-marring fender deck ring and
> have a twelve-year warranty for net buoyancy and color.
> 
> If you have any questions or if I can be of any further assistance, please
> do not hesitate to contact me.
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> Respectfully,
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> Scott Dawes
> VP of Aids to Navigation
> (860) 887-7080, Ext 14
> (860) 861-6623 (cell)
> (860) 886-5402 (fax)
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