Patent ID: 7789033

Claim:
A portable boat mooring system, comprising: a base removably attached to a pier, an arm assembly defining a length thereof and having a first end that is attached to the base and overlies the pier and a second end extending away from the first end of the arm assembly, outwardly beyond an edge of the pier; a mooring line attached to and extending (i) along at least a portion of the length of the arm assembly, and (ii) beyond the arm assembly and having an end that attaches to a boat for securing the boat to the pier while maintaining a space between the boat and the edge of the pier, wherein at least a portion of the mooring line is resiliently flexible, elongating and contracting to accommodate wave-induced movements of the boat while the boat is secured to the pier; the mooring line further comprising an end that loops through a cleat of the boat while securing the boat to the pier, and wherein the mooring line defines an adjustable resting state length defined between (i) an anchoring device that selectively anchors a portion of the mooring line to at least one of the arm assembly and the base, and (ii) an end of the mooring line that extends beyond the arm assembly; and wherein the anchoring device includes a ratcheting assembly.