Fender Knots?

[awol]

Following on from OXO and figures of eights, how do you feel about attaching fenders?
My preference is a clovehitch round a stanchion with an extra half hitch on the fender part and a stopper knot on the end of the rope but others seem to get away with a slippy half-hitch.

 

[roger]

Having lost a fender to a clever knot learned by SWMBO on a shore based course, I prefer to use a round turn and two half hitches. It' simple to learn and secure.

 

[photodog]

I do have to stop peeps on my boat from doing the slippy half hitch thing which seems to be popular with instructors..... /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

If the tension comes off, the little blighters go walkabout.... so they are BANNED!!

Can somone give me one GOOD reason for the slippy half hitch??? (Other than its quick!)

Slippy half hitch... grrrrr /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif One of my Pet peeves... I think peeps think its clever.....like when you learn to do a bowline, suddenly EVERYTHING has a bowline on it!!

I use two turns around and then two half hitches.... never lost a fender, doesnt really take too much time, can be done one handed.

 

[photodog]

Doh... beaten to the punch.... how is it some people manage to say the same thing as I said... with 1/5th the words??

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[TiggerToo]

Another for round turn and two half hitches

 

[Stemar]

I haven't used a clove hitch on a fender since my dazed kipper course when a fender went AWOL and I got the blame.

SWMBO is psycholgocall incapable of remembering how to tie a knot for more than a week, so as I have oversized fenders and rarely need to adjust the height, I use these

attached to the fenders with a round turn and a dozen half hitches to use up the extra length I might need one day. Each fender is numbered so all the admiral has to do is hang 'em forward of the appropriate stanchion.

 

[photodog]

Theres a theme emerging here.... why do the instructors teach something which doesnt work?????

I thought it was just me.

 

[Marmalade]

I always use a clove hitch - haven't lost one yet.

SWMBO ties a knot which to my knowledge doesn't appear in any known manual and accepts that once alongside I will move fenders around and re-tie as necessary

 

[VicS]

Two different requirements I think. Something that can be quickly undone to reposition a fender when first coming along side, hence the "slippy half hitch" but something more secure once all positioned properly. Then a clove hitch or a round turn and two half hitches.
For some inexplicable reason I tend to use a clove hitch on my own boat and a round turn and two half hitches when crewing.

 

[santeana]

Have always used rolling hitch - fast, secure, easily undone yet allows slide which can be useful.

 

[geoffatstanpit]

Agreed - but I'd use a "slippy clove hitch" and transfer to the toerail when settled. Also round fenders are SO much better than sausages, they roll both ways and don't squeak or scuff. Why are they so hard to buy? [image]http:/i144.photobucket.com/albums/r189/geoffatstanpit/fender1.jpg/[/image]
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[capnsensible]

Why a clove hitch? Simple, it's so easy to adjust the fenders height when coming alongside. Then, an extra hitch around the standing bit to prevent it coming undone, jobsa goodun. Several thousand happy landings have taught me this!!

 

[geoffatstanpit]

Damn - I thought I'd sussed it , a bit light on forward slashes perhaps?

 

[Norman_E]

Instructor I had on day skipper course insisted on everyone using a round turn and two half hitches, and said too many fenders were lost due to people not tying clove hitches correctly.

 

[KenMcCulloch]

13 posts in a couple of hours, I salute you sir. Much better thatn pictures of industrial archaeology. Myself I use clove hitches for speed and ease of adjustment esp. when singlehanded but find RT&2HH perfectly acceptable.

 

[Achillesheel]

Clove hitch, but it takes swmbo the first few weekends out to get the hang of them.

 

[mph]

I think every skippers going to have strong opinions on this subject – fenders are relatively expensive!
I use the slippy clove hitch myself but with another half hitch and have not lost a single fender in the past 15 years….(Apart from a thieving yacht moored alongside in St Peter Port a few years ago – came on deck in the morning to find they’d left earlier taking 3 of my newest fenders!!!)
The slippy clove hitch with an additional hitch is easy to do and easy to adjust quickly. Your fender lines do need to be long enough though. I’d never be happy using the slippy clove hitch on its own.
If there’s a slotted toe rail, I usually take a round turn through a hole to discourage the fenders from popping out as well.

 

[VicS]

Nobody has mentioned any of the variety of fender clips that are available. Whyzzat?

 

[somerset]

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Having lost a fender to a clever knot learned by SWMBO on a shore based course, I prefer to use a round turn and two half hitches. It' simple to learn and secure.

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Agree 100% - and it can be tied/untied under load!

 

[awol]

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Much better thatn pictures of industrial archaeology.

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You're so right! So here's a picture of 3 fender attachments with clove hitches (note the stopper knots).