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This seems like a teachable moment...
If there were five boats on moorings, and two came ashore, what was the difference with the three that didn't come ashore?Many boaters in the San Juans, tie a second painter slightly looser than the first as a "second chance", on single moorings.Thirty plus years ago, when there was more surge at SF Marina, the hot setup was a short chain through the cleat, attached to a thimble, with a heavy rubber snubber next.
I've yet to experience any chafe when doubled bow and stern at Ayala Cove; but then again, I've never sat out a storm there either.
Skip, if a bow painter had a whole round turn on the mooring eye, would it take twice as long to chafe through?