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".
MouseOver to view Chain Mooring eel grass damage
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.   

Aerial photo of "crop circles" resulting from raking of sea floor vegetation and marine habitat. Remedied by use of StormSoft elastic mooring rodes.

Above: Aerial photo of "crop circles" resulting from raking of sea floor vegetation and marine habitat. Remedied by use of StormSoft elastic mooring rodes.