Patent ID: 8453590
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A mooring system, comprising: a counterweight; a plurality of dock-side mooring attachments associated with a pier in a longitudinal series; a plurality of ship-side mooring attachments associated with a ship in a longitudinal series; a mooring line; a plurality of ship sheaves associated with said plurality of ship-side mooring attachments; a plurality of dock-side sheaves associated with said plurality of dock-side mooring attachments; at least one of said dock-side sheaves being longitudinally located between a pair of longitudinally successive sheaves of said plurality of ship-side sheaves; a last of said plurality of dock-side sheaves being longitudinally located behind a last of said plurality of ship-sheaves; a first of said plurality of dock-side mooring attachments being longitudinally located before a first of said plurality of ship-side sheaves; said mooring line connected to said first of said plurality of dock-side mooring attachments; said mooring line alternatingly running through a longitudinally successive plurality of said plurality of dock-side sheaves and said plurality of ship-side sheaves; said mooring line running through said last of said plurality of ship-side sheaves to said last of said plurality of dock-side sheaves; said mooring line running through said last of said plurality of dock-side sheaves; and said counterweight being connected to said second end of said mooring line, wherein said counterweight is of sufficient weight to provide constant tension to said mooring line.