CB-40 Deployment
Single point mooring
Single-point moorings are used in calm waters when monitoring
sensors are attached to the instrument cage or housed in deployment
pipes. The sensors are thus protected and less vulnerable to damage
caused by subsurface debris, high currents, and entanglement from
anchor lines.
In a single-point configuration, a stainless steel mooring line connects
the buoy directly to a bottom chain and anchor. At normal pool/stage,
the mooring line should be taut, with most of the bottom chain resting
on the seafloor. As the water level increases and the buoy rises, the
bottom chain is lifted from the floor.
Important:
This section contains only general information on the
available mooring options for CB-40 data buoys. To develop an effective
mooring strategy, a variety of application-specific criteria (water level
fluctuations, currents and wave action, debris loads, etc.) must be
thoroughly reviewed prior to deployment. NexSens does not endorse any
particular mooring strategy for any specific application.
