apollo
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Absolute shower!!
Fenders
- Thread starter Richard Shead
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Absolute shower!!
No Regrets
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Loving your work there Mike /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
DWT
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My boat is due back from Brooms soon and will be nice and shiny like a new pin. Although I have never bothered before I will probably now pull the fenders up just to show off.
Persuading my wife that this is a good thing to do may be a bit of a challenge though, especially as they will block her usual walk down the sidedecks carrying a glass of wine.
As for canopies, I never have liked the look of mine very much, but it keeps me dry when it is raining and stops my head getting burnt when the sun is out so who cares.
Persuading my wife that this is a good thing to do may be a bit of a challenge though, especially as they will block her usual walk down the sidedecks carrying a glass of wine.
As for canopies, I never have liked the look of mine very much, but it keeps me dry when it is raining and stops my head getting burnt when the sun is out so who cares.
bigwow
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Can't have too many!
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Captain Coochie
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If your idea was a rope linking all the sausage type fenders together through the bottom eye so you could pull them all up from the cockpit I used to do that and found that the rope inevitably drooped into the water on the mooring and over a week or so looked disgusting with all the crud it picked up. We've now changed to big ball type which wouldn't fit on the side decks of our Ocean 30 anyway so don't bother.
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It was but i included a non slipping knot /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
If your idea was a rope linking all the sausage type fenders together through the bottom eye so you could pull them all up from the cockpit I used to do that and found that the rope inevitably drooped into the water on the mooring and over a week or so looked disgusting with all the crud it picked up. We've now changed to big ball type which wouldn't fit on the side decks of our Ocean 30 anyway so don't bother.
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It was but i included a non slipping knot /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
byron
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That show (The Navy Lark) actually ran until 1977!
I can remember listening to it on Sundays as a kid.
I have just ordered some cds of it from Amazon.
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You can download the entire series on to your PC and then whack it on your MP3 player... for free.... here....
http://radioarchive.cc/index.php
That show (The Navy Lark) actually ran until 1977!
I can remember listening to it on Sundays as a kid.
I have just ordered some cds of it from Amazon.
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You can download the entire series on to your PC and then whack it on your MP3 player... for free.... here....
http://radioarchive.cc/index.php
CX54WEK
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We tend to leave ours down all of the time. The only times we get to open her up are on the Trent, Ouse and Humber so for a quick blast they are fine down. The rest of the time we are on slow rivers and canals so best left down to fend of stray vessels especially in the wind tunnel we call a marina.
Richard Shead
Slipped Anchor
Your going to get a flaming for that second shot....
Still keep it there as it will push up the page views over the weekend!
Still keep it there as it will push up the page views over the weekend!
apollo
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TeeHee, why didnt you say earlier - do you want me to start another thread?
I am sure I can think of something to wind peeps up... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
I am sure I can think of something to wind peeps up... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Richard Shead
Slipped Anchor
I think there's enough of that going on on the mobo side!
Still always room for more....
Always on a Friday!
Still always room for more....
Always on a Friday!
CX54WEK
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Not too bothered. It works for us so it shall stay that way im afraid.
apollo
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This should give us a list to start with...
Contentious Subjects
How about some Fisherman stories, we have had the rowers, the NBs, the unwashed at Kingston, the nutty slack that lives near Byron and doesnt like him - cant remember anything on fishermen? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Contentious Subjects
How about some Fisherman stories, we have had the rowers, the NBs, the unwashed at Kingston, the nutty slack that lives near Byron and doesnt like him - cant remember anything on fishermen? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Chris_d
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I'm sorry but i have to say it, those fenders look awfull /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Id take at least two of the long thin ones off, move the ball fender back to the where the first long fender is and hang them all a bit higher out of the water, it can look a lot better than that.
Id take at least two of the long thin ones off, move the ball fender back to the where the first long fender is and hang them all a bit higher out of the water, it can look a lot better than that.
CX54WEK
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Thats all well and good but the fenders wont be doing any fending if they are any higher than that. We moor on a canal hence the sides are a lot lower than a river due to the water levels being more or less constant. The concrete edgings dont do the GRP any good!!!!! The fenders are hung at the right level for our stretch of canal and are then adjusted for mooring in other areas on differebt waterways.
Brayman
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I agree with Chris, just think of the fuel being wasted with those dangling in the water.
The ball fender can't do anything where it is.
The ball fender can't do anything where it is.
CX54WEK
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We try not to use the ball fender. Thats the back up for when the mooring manouvre has all gone wrong.
Typical mooring for us seen above. Fenders at the right height. Not too concerned about wasting a little extra fuel. Would rather waste a bit more fuel than damage the boat and have to mess around rehanging fenders everytime we want to moor up.
Typical mooring for us seen above. Fenders at the right height. Not too concerned about wasting a little extra fuel. Would rather waste a bit more fuel than damage the boat and have to mess around rehanging fenders everytime we want to moor up.
boatone
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Typical mooring for us seen above. Fenders at the right height. Not too concerned about wasting a little extra fuel. Would rather waste a bit more fuel than damage the boat and have to mess around rehanging fenders everytime we want to moor up.
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Don't be paying any attention to this lot....it's your boat, your life and your money you're spending so you do what suits you Guv ! .....as long as you don't cause aggro for anyone else, that is. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Far to much b*llsh*t floating around on this forum at times.......sometimes think we could do with a holding tank /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Typical mooring for us seen above. Fenders at the right height. Not too concerned about wasting a little extra fuel. Would rather waste a bit more fuel than damage the boat and have to mess around rehanging fenders everytime we want to moor up.
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Don't be paying any attention to this lot....it's your boat, your life and your money you're spending so you do what suits you Guv ! .....as long as you don't cause aggro for anyone else, that is. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Far to much b*llsh*t floating around on this forum at times.......sometimes think we could do with a holding tank /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Brayman
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Far to much b*llsh*t floating around on this forum at times.......
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And those 7,121 posts haven't contributed at all? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
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Far to much b*llsh*t floating around on this forum at times.......
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And those 7,121 posts haven't contributed at all? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
apollo
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And what they seem to forget is that you have no decks to speak of to put the fenders on even if you wanted to.....
Speaking as a previous owner of a Sealine like yours, it was purgatory to go out on deck to raise the fenders on the Thames tideway - my wife would flatly refuse.
Its difficult enough just to walk on them decks let alone lean over and pull fenders up.
Power to you mate - enjoy your boat!!
Speaking as a previous owner of a Sealine like yours, it was purgatory to go out on deck to raise the fenders on the Thames tideway - my wife would flatly refuse.
Its difficult enough just to walk on them decks let alone lean over and pull fenders up.
Power to you mate - enjoy your boat!!
boatone
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And those 7,121 posts haven't contributed at all? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
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Bit scary, isn't it !
Mind you, when it was just me and Byron it was a much more sensible place......suppose the deterioration is the price we have to pay for 'enjoying'(???) your company /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
And those 7,121 posts haven't contributed at all? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
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Bit scary, isn't it !
Mind you, when it was just me and Byron it was a much more sensible place......suppose the deterioration is the price we have to pay for 'enjoying'(???) your company /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif