A quick connector coupling an offshore floating structure to a pre-laid mooring system and a method therefor

A quick connector for coupling, in alignment with a longitudinal axis, an offshore floating structure to a pre-laid mooring system, the quick connector comprising:

• a base structure configured to be coupled to an upper body of the offshore floating structure;
• a mooring interface configured to be attached to a lower body of the pre-laid mooring system;
• and
• a locking mechanism fluid-dynamically actuated to couple and decouple the base structure from the mooring interface,
• wherein the locking mechanism comprises:
• a grooved surface formed in the mooring interface;
• locking claws movably mounted on the base structure;
• and
• a fluid-dynamic device associated to the base structure and operatively connected to move the locking claws between a release position in which the locking claws are withdrawn from the grooved surface of the mooring interface and a lock position in which the locking claws are meshed with the grooved surface of the mooring interface