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4 making sure there is sufficient excess line at both ends to allow for tie-up of the boat with the tensioner and release of line tension at the dock. The Mooring Whip system also helps pull your boat to a safe convenient distance away from the dock.
One epoxy adhesive packet.
How to install mooring whips. Two 516 nylon mooring whip lines to be used with poles. Two black whip cleats with neoprene strips for whip line adjustment. One epoxy adhesive packet.
The following tools are necessary for installation. Two 916 and one 12 socket open or crescent wrenches a drill with 38 bit a small knife and a Phillips head screwdriver. Fixed angle Mooring Whips also require.
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4- INSTALLATION OF WHIP LINES - Tie off the dock side end of each whip line to the pole or base cleat Fig. 4 making sure there is sufficient excess line at both ends to allow for tie-up of the boat with the tensioner and release of line tension at the dock. - To adjust for proper tension on the mooring whip lines slip the loops.
Turn up the HEAT with a subscription to Pontoon and Deck Boat Magazine. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS SWIVEL PILING MOUNTED MOORING WHIPS For piling mounted whips select a left and right support the fiberglass poles should be angled towards your boat when the bases are in the down position. Each support should be as close as possible in line with the bow and stern boat cleats.
I must admit that the small cleats get a bit crowded. The spread between the cleats is not as far as the whips should be ideally mounted but again you have to work with what you are given and they have held through one busy summer and heading for the next. Hope this helps can add pictures later if still uncertain.
Some 600 linear feet of new wooden bulkhead sheeting will be installed 18 inches channelward of the existing concrete revetment with associated support piles and mooring whips for berthing. The area landward of the new bulkhead will be backfilled with approximately 150 cubic yards of clean fill material. STEP 2 - Install the bases and whip poles cont 4.
Drill holes through the dock at the marked locations. The bolts provided with your Perimeter Mooring Whip System are for use with standard Y x 6 decking. Be sure whips are parellel with each other and perpendicular to the dock.
Dockedge Mooring Whips act as springs to maintain your boat at a safe convenient distance from your dock and prevent impacts from waves or the wakes of pass. Installation requires a significant base area with good strength and ability to spread the load of the whips bases out over a greater area on the dock. This can be accomplished by reinforcing the dock underneath the whips mounting bases especially if your dock is an old-school wooden one with thinner top treads.
Monarch Moor Whips are easy to install. The bow and stern lines are tied to a piling cleats or the bulkhead if there is no dock and the two spring lines criss-cross. These lines are for control of fore and aft movement.
The Bases The patented mooring bases are unique in. Dock Edges Ultimate Whips include cast aluminum rocker base with cushionner set screw to compensate for most tidal fluctuations. The solid fiberglass rod.
Installation of mooring whips on stationary docks where Mooring whips with a fixed angle base MUST be adjusted periodically to compensate for these variations. Failure to make adjustments to spring and whip line tension in such conditions may result in damage to the whips and void the manufacturers warranty see Fig. Boat whips are usually made from fiberglass which allows them to flex when needed.
Mooring whips are mechanically connected at one end to the dock while the opposite end is connected to a cleat on the boat via a dock line. When a boat whip is tied to the boat cleat it causes the fiberglass pole to bend and will keep separation between the two. Once you bought your standard mooring whip the kit includes the wood dock mounting bolt kit two standard bases four spliced dock lines two solid fiberglass poles installation and care instructions and two ΒΌ inch nylon lines with tension adjusters.
The length of a mooring whip needs to be enough so that your boat doesnt move towards the dock if there are waves or choppy waters. 14ft should be an adequate distance to minimize the risk of your boat getting damaged by a collision. Installing Mooring Whips should be an easy process.
Mooring Whip Options. -Standard duty mooring whips consisting of 12 ft. Poles are typically rated for boats up to 23 ft.
In length or approximately 5000 lbs. Poles are ideal for 30 ft. Boats with a maximum weight of 20000 lbs.
And standard 18 ft. Foot mooring whips are reserved for vessels up to 45 ft. You can set the load on the whips so you dont lever the dock much at all.
Mine is 8 wide so that makes quite a difference but mine has no negative affect from the whips. With a tower on your boat you might want to look at whips that are hinged and spring vertical when they are undone. Mooring whips are a safe way to protect your boat against costly dockside and seawall damage.
The Mooring Whip system also helps pull your boat to a safe convenient distance away from the dock. Protecting it from the damaging forces of waves wind tides and wakes. Made of high-quality solid fiberglass poles aluminum-magnesium base units tips and mooring whip lines.
When the new mooring whips are installed they are placed at the opposite of the dock where the boat is located fastened and a connection is made. Also a complete set of installation and operating instructions with a diagram. Most installation requires less than an hour.
We recommend the following tools. A half inch power drill drill bits 38 to 716 a ratchet wrench with a 34 socket and a level to confirm the support is vertical.