Abstract: A portable mooring whip unit for mounting and transporting a mooring whip comprising a housing including a face plate having at least one aperature centrally located within the face plate. The unit includes a tubular member for each centrally located aperature having a first end connected to the aperature and a second end either extending upwardly from the aperature or downwardly depending upon the embodiment. The second end may be closed or open again depending upon the embodiment described herein. The face plate fixably connected to the deck surface with a screw structure or other similar structure and including a backing plate connected to the underside of the deck wherein the screw structure may be threaded to the face plate and the backing plate connecting the two thereto through use of bolt structures or other similar structures. The mooring whip unit including a mooring whip inserted into the apertures and tubular members and stored therein for transport and usage.