Short footprint mooring buoys and procedure for installing such a buoy

Abstract

A mooring buoy configured for mooring a floating body in the water, comprising a float having a first surface as the upper part facing upwards from the water, a second surface as the lower part facing downwards, and an intermediate tubular form extending along an axis of the body between the first and second surfaces; the float being coupled to an underwater anchoring device by a pair of anchor chains, and provided with two parallel linear through-holes, the through-holes extending through the float from bottom to top; the upper part of the float being provided with chain pawls for connecting each of the anchor chains to one of the chain pawls through a respective through-hole;with the through holes separated in the float and defining a chain guide plane between the through holes extending from the bottom to the top, the float having a center of buoyancy with its location offset from the chain guide plane.