DeepWater Buoyancy will be exhibiting at the 2024 Oceans Conference and Exposition in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
StableMoor® Mooring Buoys
Specifically engineered for high current applications, the StableMoor® is designed to reduce drag and increase mooring stability in extreme flow regimes. By decreasing frontal area (compared to our standard spherical buoys) and increasing dynamic stability in high current areas, the StableMoor® minimizes mooring inclination and excursions.
The StableMoor® is cast from a buoyant core of solid DeepTec® syntactic foam and wrapped in a protective layer of GRP that provides a smooth and durable exterior. The high-strength GRP tail and 316L stainless steel mooring swivel allow for smooth transitions from changes in current direction and provide increased directional stability. Best of all, instruments can be installed and removed in minutes without the need to disassemble the unit.
This versatile instrument platform can be provided with single or multiple instrument wells to support upward, downward, or upward and downward looking configurations.
Models with two instrument wells can be fitted with a single ADCP cable to an external battery case or with other instrumentation. Instrument wells can be covered by an LDPE acoustically transparent window, further reducing drag without compromising instrument performance. Like other DeepWater Buoyancy mooring products, the StableMoor® can be customized for acoustic modems and supplied with pockets for mooring location devices, CTDs, and other remote sensing equipment.
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Custom 3-fin StableMoor co-designed with Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego 
Closeup of ADCP and instrument clamps on a custom 3-fin StableMoor co-designed with Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego 
Closeup of ADCP well filler on a custom 3-fin StableMoor co-designed with Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego 
StableMoor® ADCP Buoy for Bedford Institute of Oceanography - Dockside
StableMoor® ADCP Buoy for Bedford Institute of Oceanography
StableMoor® Deployment National Renewable Research Laboratories and University of Washington APL
StableMoor® Buoy Deployment Dalhousie University
StableMoor® Recovery Dalhousie University
StableMoor® ADCP Buoy for NREL Turbulence Studies
StableMoor® ADCP Buoy for NREL Turbulence Studies - Side View 
StableMoor® ADCP Buoy Tail View
StableMoor® ADCP Buoy Tail Ring Detail
StableMoor® ADCP Instrument Clamp with Teledyne RDI Sentinel ADCP
Universal ADCP Clamp
StableMoor® ADCP Buoy Instrument Clamps
StableMoor® ADCP Buoy with Upward and Downward ADCP WellsRelated Media
Participating in AFloat 2024
DeepWater Buoyancy is attending Afloat 2024, September 24-25 in Portland Maine,
Mooring Matters: StableMoor® Buoys in the Bay of Fundy
For the next installment in our series of technical articles, we look at the use of StableMoor® Mooring Buoys in a recent project by Ocean Tracking Network in the Bay of Fundy.
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