Boat mooring apparatus

Apparatus for mooring boats and being of the type which fixedly secures one end of the boat while simultaneously preventing pivoting of the boat about said one end in response to wind and wave forces acting on the boat comprising:

• a fixed support platform including a pair of spaced support elements, said support elements being rigidly affixed to said support platform
• at least one stretchable elastic member supported between said spaced support elements and against which said one end of the boat is positioned upon mooring and with the logitudinal axis of the boat at approximately a right angle to said elastic member,
• a pair of support members mounted on said support elements and positioned so as to respectively lie on opposite sides of said boat and with a spacing therebetween greater than the maximum expected beam of a boat to be moored at said apparatus,
• and lines extending under tension from each of said support members to said boat on opposite sides thereof and at locations remote from said one end of said boat to provide force components which respectively act parallel to the longitudinal axis of the boat to resiliently urge said one end of the boat against said at least one elastic member to thereby distend said member and provide a recess therein for embracing and fixedly securing said one end of the boat while simultaneously the force components acting transversely of said longitudinal axis prevent pivoting of the boat with respect to said fixed support platform about its said one end.