Remove Chain and Hardware
Our mooring is in shallow water, so we remove all the hardware down to the eye-bolt in the rock. I think this might reduce corrosion of the galvanized parts. I have heard of people who then coat the hardware in motor oil, but we just keep ours in the shed.
The only tricky thing is getting the heavy chain back to shore. I tie a rope to it, then swim back to shore, then pull the chain back. The first time I tried to swim with the chain, I nearly drowned!
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