COnventional moorings in very deep water require long and heavy anchor lines. As a consequence the footprint of the mooring becomes large and may interfere with negihouring moorings. This has lead to the design of shorter and lighter mooring lines. The mooring loads arrive at an angle between 30 and 45 degrees at the bottom, requiring the anchor points to resist not only horizontal, but also considerable vertical loads. The so called tatut leg mooring system.
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