William Hackett Chains Limited supply bulk chain and bespoke mooring assemblies and bridle mooring assemblies for many Harbours, Mooring & Diving Contractors, Marinas and Sailing & Yacht Clubs through out the U.K. & Ireland.

General Considerations

Before finalising your choice of mooring position with your local authority or club, consult your local mooring contractor as to whether the area is safe for your vessel, that your mooring chain, shackles and swivels are adequate in relation to the size of your vessel and that there is sufficient depth of water.

Before purchasing mooring tackle please take into consideration the following points:

Mooring Chain must have been manufactured for the purpose of mooring use, i.e. Low Carbon Steel and must be guaranteed as such.

We recommend that genuine BS 3032 shackles, manufactured from Low Carbon Steel, are used for securing chain. Cheap commercial shackles, although new, may be unusuitable because of poor thread.

Modern, loose laid three strand rope (soft rope) must not be used as a bridle on a swinging mooring because it will unlay.

Our mooring assemblies are also extensively used within the fish farming industry around the coasts of Scotland and Irelands and as far away as Canada & Norway. At our Cradley factory we have the ability to bend and weld up to 38mm diameter.

Example of a simple mooring assemble with an Enlarged Link at one end to either allow for Shackle to be fitted to connect to Ground Chain or to reeve through itself to the use of a Shackle on the sea / river bed, making the assembly more maintenance friendly. At the other end is a swivel is fitted with a further optional Enlarged Link for fitted to the Mooring Buoy.