Chain Moorings Damage Sea Bed
Show below are boats using Elastic Moorings. Note the healthy sea bed directly below elastic-moored boats.
Mouseover to view chain mooring damage to Eel Grass on the sea bed, also known as "slash circles" or "slash zones".
DMF photo on LightHawk flight
Mouseover to view chain mooring damage to Eel Grass on the sea bed, also known as "slash circles" or "slash zones".
DMF photo on LightHawk flight
Chain Mooring Slash Circle Demo
Environmentally Friendly Elastic Moorings
The StormSoft™ Elastic Mooring System, connected to an adequate anchor, floats above the seabed to reduce or eliminate raking of the seabed, improving restoration of environmentally sensitive eelgrass by minimizing the typical 3-to-1 bottom-raking footprint.
Many harbors incorporating conservation moorings and eelgrass restoration projects specify elastic moorings for ecological reasons alone.
Above: Aerial photo of "crop circles" resulting from raking of sea floor vegetation and marine habitat. Remedied by use of StormSoft elastic mooring rodes.