Fender lines rubbing

Phoenix of Hamble

Phoenix of Hamble

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My fender lines just rub against (my newly varnished) toe rail.... Previously not worried about it as they don't touch enough to damage the wood.... But after 40hrs of effort scraping, sanding and varnishing, then i'd like to avoid the finish being damaged!...

I suppose the obvious answer is a stainless rubbing plate, but that prescribes where we place fenders, and the toe rail is a decent chunk of wood with a decent radius corner, so finding the right profile plate wouldn't be easy...

Anyone got a better idea?
 
On our previous boat we had the same problem solved by a knot in the fender line just below the rubbing strake, a short length of 12mm hose and a knot above to keep it in place so the hose rolled along the strake and did not mark it.
 
With varnished wood the problem with plastic or even fabric hose is that it can still cause damage if the boat is pressed onto the pontoon and the forces are high enough.

We have something like these.



They were made locally for us, but you can see the designs on www.fenderhooks.com
 
Adjust your fender so that the top 2 or 3 inches is on the toe rail so that the fender is angled out away from the hull a few degrees. This also stops fender rub on your gel coat.
 
Brass keel band, cut to size (about 15 cm does it) then screwed in place with brass screws. We use this on all of the 6 places we usually put fenders. We dont get overly worried about extra fenders when rafterg etc. but by covering the usual marina fenders it does save a lot of time on varnishing


We did try lacquering with spray from halfords, bit have given up and just polish every few weeks.
 
Ex-SolentBoy said:
With varnished wood the problem with plastic or even fabric hose is that it can still cause damage if the boat is pressed onto the pontoon and the forces are high enough.

We have something like these.



They were made locally for us, but you can see the designs on www.fenderhooks.com
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They're very pretty, but how do you stop it jumping off or deepsixing itself if someone kicks it getting on or off?
 
penfold said:
They're very pretty, but how do you stop it jumping off or deepsixing itself if someone kicks it getting on or off?
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Once you've seen the price of them you'll realise that's not a problem as you'd never risk your comparatively cheap teak toerail damaging them anyway. They'd probably live in a glass showcase in the saloon if I could ever afford any.
 
penfold said:
They're very pretty, but how do you stop it jumping off or deepsixing itself if someone kicks it getting on or off?
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Two ways.

Firstly, on ours the bit that is inboard curls back round under the inboard edge of the toe rail. They are a very snug fit. Kicking it is not going to move it. You have to flip up the outboard end.

The second way is with the fender rope itself. It is fed through the steel ring or bullseye. You then tie it loosely onto the guard wires. That secures both the fender and the hangar to the boat.

Interestingly, when the boat was at SIBS last year, we must have had over 100 enquiries about them.
 
ksutton said:
Adjust your fender so that the top 2 or 3 inches is on the toe rail so that the fender is angled out away from the hull a few degrees. This also stops fender rub on your gel coat.
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Unfortunately the fender wouldn't then reach the pontoon!

Love the fender 'hooks' above, but eyewateringly expensive!

Fatter fenders might be worth considering, but they're already quite large...

Hmmmm...
 
we saw the fender hooks on a mega yacht in St Kats last year. Definitely the dog's.

may be pricey but I'd have thought a good investment
 
Ex-SolentBoy said:
With varnished wood the problem with plastic or even fabric hose is that it can still cause damage if the boat is pressed onto the pontoon and the forces are high enough.

We have something like these.



They were made locally for us, but you can see the designs on www.fenderhooks.com
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Those would look excellent with my 20 yr old soiled white and blue random sized fenders dangling into the Tyne on bits of unravelling polyprop and recycled halyard. I could have special ones for my prized fenders that I've fished out of the river or skips.
 
>If your toerails are like ours, short lengths of 1.5 inch hose, slit lengthways, will fit over them quite nicely.

Agree with that it's what we do. One thing we did was drill a hole at each end and put string through the hole then wrap a few turns round the warp and tie it with a shoelace knot. It stops the pipe slipping down the warp.
 
Ex-SolentBoy said:
With varnished wood the problem with plastic or even fabric hose is that it can still cause damage if the boat is pressed onto the pontoon and the forces are high enough.

We have something like these.



They were made locally for us, but you can see the designs on www.fenderhooks.com
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We have often supplied and fitted these to new Fleming amd Grand Banks (mobos, sorry to mention them on Scuttlebutt) both of which have lovely varnished taffrails. They are indeed a touch pricey, but they are lovely quality and they do work!
 
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