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Have you considered just getting rid of the mooring ball and using a slightly longer pennant? My pennant is shackled directly to chain with a "lobster pot" type buoy before the braided loop and a pickup stick attached to the braided loop. This keeps the pennant out of the mud when I'm not using it but there is no mooring buoy to bang on my hull.
I'm in an area of heavy current so wind against current often results in boats being pushed forward on their moorings. I don't know how those with mooring balls can sleep at night with all that knocking...
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