I want to know how a variety of factors affect the design of "swing
moorings" or "single point moorings"  This is a scientific or
engineering question.

The factors I consider relevant are:
    The displacement in tonnes or tons of the moored boat.
    The maximum expected wave height at the mooring site.
    The maximum expected wind velocity at the mooring site.
    The depth of water at the mooring site.
    The submerged weight of the mooring anchor.
    The length and weight per unit length of the mooring chain.

I got some answers from accessing web-sites of the Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institute and also the US Army Corp of Engineers. Other
sources could be such as the US Navy, or Yacht Research organisations.

I am not interested in the political, environmental, or licensing
aspects of swing moorings.

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Request for Question Clarification by ragingacademic-ga on 17 Dec 2002 22:24 PST

thumpalong -

That's a great name!

Are you looking for sources where you will be able to find the data
you are in need of - or are you expecting the researcher to find the
exact data you need?

thanks,
ragingacademic

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Clarification of Question by thumpalong-ga on 18 Dec 2002 18:11 PST

ragingacademic-ga:

I should need only the address  (e-mail or otherwise) of sources,
whether published papers or name, author, publisher, etc of any books
on the general subject.  I can then do the further fossicking.

Thanks

Thumpalong

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Request for Question Clarification by ragingacademic-ga on 18 Dec 2002 21:49 PST

thumpalong - 

I'm finding tons of sites but not sure what kind of sites will satisfy
your needs.  Could you post the urls for a couple of sites you have
found to be useful?

thanks,
ragingacademic