Mooring Whips - Good or Bad

feb · 05-05-2010, 08:42 AM

I'm finally getting a boat and am not comfortable leaving it tied to my dock each week while I'm away. My area receives it's share of wind and boat wakes so I am thinking of getting a set of mooring whips to keep the boat a safe distance from the dock and just let it bob around in the wind and wakes. It seems straight forward but do these whips really work well or are they not worth the money they cost? For the dock lines that go from the boat to the dock to keep the boat close, is it preferred to use regular rope or am I better off to use some of that stretchy rope that has some give and pull to it?

Thanks,
Frank.

05-05-2010, 08:42 AM	#1
feb Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Meredith (Winnisquam) & Nashua, NH Posts: 213 Thanks: 25 Thanked 20 Times in 17 Posts	Mooring Whips - Good or Bad I'm finally getting a boat and am not comfortable leaving it tied to my dock each week while I'm away. My area receives it's share of wind and boat wakes so I am thinking of getting a set of mooring whips to keep the boat a safe distance from the dock and just let it bob around in the wind and wakes. It seems straight forward but do these whips really work well or are they not worth the money they cost? For the dock lines that go from the boat to the dock to keep the boat close, is it preferred to use regular rope or am I better off to use some of that stretchy rope that has some give and pull to it? Thanks, Frank.