Fenders, do you leave them on under way!

BruceK said:
:redface-new: Oops. So it was and there's me now feeling like a right plonker.
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Good response actually Bruce.

But it wasn't meant personally, marina boats need fenders & swinging mooring ones don't (normally!). MoBos tend not to have stonking great lockers to put their fenders in, but yotties usually have huge cockpit lockers. Now I'm on a rough quay wall & slide up & down around 5mtrs twice a day I am using massive fenders that fill my aft cabin once on the move.
 
Searush said:
Good response actually Bruce.

But it wasn't meant personally, marina boats need fenders & swinging mooring ones don't (normally!). MoBos tend not to have stonking great lockers to put their fenders in, but yotties usually have huge cockpit lockers. Now I'm on a rough quay wall & slide up & down around 5mtrs twice a day I am using massive fenders that fill my aft cabin once on the move.
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Out of interest, do your fenders wear out fairly quickly? I can't remember actually wearing any out, but throughout my time owning boats they have been berthed on floating pontoons where the fenders have had much less work to do.
 
Searush said:
Good response actually Bruce.

But it wasn't meant personally, marina boats need fenders & swinging mooring ones don't (normally!).
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You'd think so but next time you are in Conwy estuary take a look and see how many swing mooring yachts have nice black lines down their sides from the water taxi rubbing strake. Amanzi has a nice Blue scrape on her port side hull ( I presume from the overland transport because it wasn't there during the survey but was when I took delivery, and some gouges on her starboard freeboard, above the rubbing strake! The latter attained while on a swing before the HM put me on a pontoon. Something about yachts and motorboats behaving differently to tide and wind and Amanzi ending up lying abeam of the channel in strong winds. Both rather off putting when the boat is new to you and you haven't had the opportunity to christen it yourself :D
 
Hi Bruce,

The wall is rough so most boats have long plastic pipes against the wall with fenders between it & the boat. That way the pipe takes the abrasion. The pipe also means that the wooden piles & steel ladders are not a problem either. I noticed at the weekend that the old telegraph pole next to my ladder has taken a fair bit of the abrasion from my plastic pipe (a gash bit of surplus yellow gas main)

I've had people tie up boats without fenders & leave loads of damage down the hull, but leaving fenders out on the offside just encourages people to pick us to berth alongside! Fortunately SR is 42 years old so it basically just adds to her patina & character.

We hardly ever used the ferryman at Conway, we couldn't be sure they would be operating when needed & could never spare the money to pay them. Plus we need a dink when at anchor so might as well carry it home & use as tender. Caernarfon is much better as it's just a matter of arriving & unloading straight onto the boat from the car.
 
I did. Give some thought to Caernarfen and Port Dinorwic and may berth there next year. Its a tough call as in Conwy I'm just 10 minutes from the boat. It makes a big difference for week day evening access when we have late sunsets. I have got to be honest though, your mooring by description holds no attraction for me. I wouldnt sleep at night worrying the fenders might ride up or something
 
BruceK said:
I did. Give some thought to Caernarfen and Port Dinorwic and may berth there next year. Its a tough call as in Conwy I'm just 10 minutes from the boat. It makes a big difference for week day evening access when we have late sunsets. I have got to be honest though, your mooring by description holds no attraction for me. I wouldnt sleep at night worrying the fenders might ride up or something
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That 10 mins is the killer. PD & Caernarfon are 15-20 mins further away.
 
To be fair, i normally flip mine over the rail if possible, but last year coming between Salcombe and Dartmouth I encountered a bit of rough sea. not a problem except one of my fenders decided to bounce out and take a swing narrowly missing my face by an inch. Since then i have them untied and stowed! it probably wouldnt have hurt that much, theres only squashed flies in my head :culpability:
 
BruceK said:
It's psychological then LOL. Ok. Next year. How much is RWYC membership then :)
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£110 pa and they are child & pet friendly. But that's just the start of it, you'll be wanting the warrant for a Blue ensign next at 90 quid (plus £50 every 5 years for the renewal) then there's the Ensign itself from the club another 90 odd quid, and the badged clothing & bar bills etc etc.

We have £600k to raise for the repairs & renovation of the 800 year old clubhouse. :D

BTW I am currently uploading some pics to Yourboatpix.co.uk and will post a link on the beer & natter thread when completed. Just don't hold your breath, I'm on a very slow upload link at home.

EDIT: Pics uploaded now, plenty of dingly dangly bits on display too.
 
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Whilst sailing south of the Cape Verde Islands I saw a boat, not only did it still have its Senegal courtesy flag up, the fenders were still dangling. He was probably 600 miles out at sea...
 
Searush said:
£110 pa and they are child & pet friendly. But that's just the start of it, you'll be wanting the warrant for a Blue ensign next at 90 quid (plus £50 every 5 years for the renewal) then there's the Ensign itself from the club another 90 odd quid, and the badged clothing & bar bills etc etc.

We have £600k to raise for the repairs & renovation of the 800 year old clubhouse. :D

BTW I am currently uploading some pics to Yourboatpix.co.uk and will post a link on the beer & natter thread when completed. Just don't hold your breath, I'm on a very slow upload link at home.

EDIT: Pics uploaded now, plenty of dingly dangly bits on display too.
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Couldn't you wait until at least all the fenders where up before embarrassing me? :D Poor admiral, I'll never let her live this one down now. :disgust:

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Of course I'll point out that you were her source of embarrassment. Hope you have a tin hat :o
 
BruceK said:
Couldn't you wait until at least all the fenders where up before embarrassing me? :D Poor admiral, I'll never let her live this one down now. :disgust:

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Of course I'll point out that you were her source of embarrassment. Hope you have a tin hat :o
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You've a way to go yet to beat Seastoke, and his look more like musical notes than fenders intended to be level with the pontoon. Only reporting the facts, M'lud.

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In a Royal Perth Yacht Club committee note and probable by law of around 1915 it was said that driving with one's fenders outboard was similar to galloping in a carriage with a lady on board. Just not the done thing!! Let me know if you want the exact copy and I will see what I can do. Cheers Rob
 
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