Reducing Peak & Fatigue Mooring Loads: A Validation Study for Elastomeric Moorings

This work was partly funded by the EPSRC (UK) grant for the SuperGen United Kingdom Centre for Marine Energy Research (UKCMER) [grant number: EP/P008682/1]. The development of the Exeter Tether was partly funded by the Open Innovation Platform, supported by the Higher Education Council for England. The authors would also like to acknowledge the support from Lankhorst Ropes throughout the technology development.