Mooring Chain

4 for Boating · 07-19-2025, 01:57 PM

Hello - so our swim dock broke free this week - luckily we were there and beached it before it took flight. Anyway we are looking for someone that can dive to install a new chain (some 12 feet) as the existing wore down and broke as they sometimes do from rubbing on the concrete mooring slab. We had this professionally done some 8 years ago by the Mooring Man/Trident but he has since retired according to his phone message. Any recommendations? (Meredith area). Thanks

DesertDweller · 07-19-2025, 05:24 PM

We used Winnipesauke Island Services (Mike) for the exact same thing. Did a real nice job. Word of recommendation. Inspect/replace all of the hardware and replace with the chain with stainless.

ishoot308 · 07-19-2025, 06:36 PM

Agree with DesertDweller, everything stainless!

Dan

rsmlp · 07-20-2025, 07:54 AM

Same thing happened to us during that crazy wind storm we had about a month ago (we live on windy point rd on long island). Bought chain at aubochon and sent my 39 yr old son down with a dive mask to reattach to the anchor. Amazingly, the wind actually pushed the 200 lb anchor over about 10 ft. We wern't here when it happened and the raft got jammed up against our neighbors breakwater destroying the raft ladder. That took some time to repair...

MeredithMan · 07-20-2025, 09:21 AM

John Baxter, JB Dive Services in Gilford. He installed our mooring, checks the chain and hardware every years when he puts in the dock. Great guy.

RUGMAN · 07-20-2025, 10:34 AM

We also have used John , did a great job adding another concrete block to our mooring.

4 for Boating · 07-22-2025, 08:51 AM

Thanks! I fired an email off to John at JB Dive Services to see if he can help.

retired · 07-22-2025, 04:23 PM

Since your chain is rubbing on the concrete slab and wearing out, you might want to make the first five feet a heavier gauge chain so it will hold up longer.

4 for Boating · 07-23-2025, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by retired

Since your chain is rubbing on the concrete slab and wearing out, you might want to make the first five feet a heavier gauge chain so it will hold up longer.

Yup - the first 4 feet of chain is 1/2 where the rest after a swivel is 3/8.

07-19-2025, 01:57 PM	#1
4 for Boating Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 240 Thanks: 1 Thanked 41 Times in 28 Posts	Mooring Chain Hello - so our swim dock broke free this week - luckily we were there and beached it before it took flight. Anyway we are looking for someone that can dive to install a new chain (some 12 feet) as the existing wore down and broke as they sometimes do from rubbing on the concrete mooring slab. We had this professionally done some 8 years ago by the Mooring Man/Trident but he has since retired according to his phone message. Any recommendations? (Meredith area). Thanks

07-19-2025, 06:36 PM	#3
ishoot308 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gilford, NH / Welch Island Posts: 6,531 Thanks: 2,454 Thanked 5,465 Times in 2,142 Posts	Stainless Agree with DesertDweller, everything stainless! Dan __________________ It's Always Sunny On Welch Island!!

07-20-2025, 07:54 AM	#4
rsmlp Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 504 Thanks: 5 Thanked 173 Times in 90 Posts	raft chain Same thing happened to us during that crazy wind storm we had about a month ago (we live on windy point rd on long island). Bought chain at aubochon and sent my 39 yr old son down with a dive mask to reattach to the anchor. Amazingly, the wind actually pushed the 200 lb anchor over about 10 ft. We wern't here when it happened and the raft got jammed up against our neighbors breakwater destroying the raft ladder. That took some time to repair...

07-22-2025, 08:51 AM	#7
4 for Boating Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 240 Thanks: 1 Thanked 41 Times in 28 Posts	Jb Thanks! I fired an email off to John at JB Dive Services to see if he can help.

07-19-2025, 05:24 PM	#2
DesertDweller Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV and Moultonborough, NH Posts: 403 Thanks: 27 Thanked 96 Times in 80 Posts	We used Winnipesauke Island Services (Mike) for the exact same thing. Did a real nice job. Word of recommendation. Inspect/replace all of the hardware and replace with the chain with stainless.

07-20-2025, 09:21 AM	#5
MeredithMan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Bedford, NH; Meredith, NH Posts: 1,006 Thanks: 264 Thanked 830 Times in 347 Posts	John Baxter, JB Dive Services in Gilford. He installed our mooring, checks the chain and hardware every years when he puts in the dock. Great guy.

07-20-2025, 10:34 AM	#6
RUGMAN Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: weirs beach, Posts: 311 Thanks: 39 Thanked 42 Times in 34 Posts	We also have used John , did a great job adding another concrete block to our mooring.

07-22-2025, 04:23 PM	#8
retired Senior Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Belmont, NH Posts: 194 Thanks: 2 Thanked 78 Times in 46 Posts	Since your chain is rubbing on the concrete slab and wearing out, you might want to make the first five feet a heavier gauge chain so it will hold up longer.