Wreck moorings

[Deep Thought]

Mooring wrecks is important to prevent damage caused by hooking with a grapple/anchor, however mooring practices vary greatly by location.   The best mooring are put on by concerned divers who dive new wrecks for first time,  National Park Service, or shipwreck groups like GLSPS.  The other primary party responsible for moorings is charter operators which run the spectrum from "clothes line" I would be afraid to tie a canoe to, and charter operators who contribute a lot of time/resources/money to ensure quality moorings for their benefit as well as general public.   I am just returning from Lk Michigan mooring wrecks with a diver from Chicago who has perfected a quality mooring from Lk Michigan, Huron, Superior.    When I  dived on the Hart last month, I only had one dive and I attempted to finish putting a sub float on mooring Kraig and I installed last year - no luck, it will have to wait till next year (volunteers, volunteers???)
I know that wrecks like Onoko (others) have been moored by Sponge boB and self, but due to wave action or fishing the float jugs/lines get trashed.  It takes constant maintenance and divers willing to work.  It's ironic in Mke where some wrecks have mooring lines that have either sunk or tag line sits weighted below at 20 sub float, that nobody has retrieved these and the season is almost over?  Next season I plan to donate several dives to cleaning wrecks of cra ppy, broken, zebra clogged lines and installing new moorings.  The key is: length of chain, shackle, eye, hardware, 5/8-3/4 three strand poly, large loop in end line for jug, heavy duty 10-15 gal. jug, short Y line with loop, and 1/2-5/8 tag line of 30-40 ft that has a small subfloat at 10-20 depth, braided eye for boat tie off and bright laundry jug foam filled for surface marker.  Good news is that a diver who feels comfortable solo diving has unlimited diving opportunities by volunteering their time to charter operators who value good moorings. 

Ron