Where I have my mooring is a soft muddy bottom so this works well. I purchased a 4' diameter well cover about 20+ years ago from a local hardware store. After attaching a shackle, length of heavy chain to the rerod handle, swivel shackle and lighter chain and bouy I rolled it into the lake to a depth of 5' and let it go. After about 10 years the rerod was showing substantial wear so I levered up one side to break the suction and simply rolled it back to shore. I bored a hole through the cover and installed a large eyebolt and it's been fine ever since. The soft bottom is the key here and the boats are either a 3000# deep v center console or 20' pontoon boat. Has held in 60Kt winds but where I am I don't have the fetch to get large waves.
My favorites are those that use 5 gallon buckets filled with concrete and yellow poly line for their rode, then something resembling clothesline for their painter.
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