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pastmember
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Initially Posted - 04/12/2011 :  10:16:38  Show Profile


... I do!
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Response Posted - 04/12/2011 :  10:36:29  Show Profile
I have one on the corner of my finger dock--thinking about adding one toward the middle. It's nice not to have to mess with fenders under way. (I don't have a bow thruster, joy stick, and what have you--getting in and out in a breeze is trickier now than it was in my sailboats.)
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/12/2011 :  10:49:35  Show Profile
Wouldn't do me any good.

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JohnP
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Response Posted - 04/12/2011 :  11:14:04  Show Profile
Ditto Don.

But only in my slip in the marina, a previous slipholder tied a pair of ugly 4" x 24" styrofoam strips vertically to the pilings. I've slid along them several times in rough conditions. Fortunately and unfortunately, styrofoam lasts for decades out in the elements.
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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 04/12/2011 :  12:41:14  Show Profile
This year I'm just inside the T, so I have a nice full-length dock on one side:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.858017,-75.293883& num=1& t=h& sll=39.858051,-75.293837& sspn=0.000699,0.000931& ie=UTF8& ll=39.858051,-75.293837& spn=0.000699,0.000931& z=20

(If you click on the above link, you'll see that I also have a nice finger dock on the other side. I'm one of the very few "single slips" with a dock on both sides. I will probably be able to do a four-point tie-up, instead of riding the fenders all season.)

The docks have nice aluminum edging, so the corners can do a real number on your fiberglass. The currents in the Delaware river can really push you around, so that makes for a bad combination. I'm sure that once I get used to it I'll be fine, but I'm very nervous about that first time I have to go into the slip with the current pushing me toward the dock.

Rather than a wheel, I was thinking about something like this:

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 04/12/2011 :  13:33:05  Show Profile
I think the wheel oould be more forgiving on the gelcoat. Less friction. I have fenders permanently (sorta, bungeed) to the pilings on my finger. I bounce against them and the hull finish needs a bit more attention in those spots.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 04/12/2011 :  15:25:50  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
I had one mounted when I was in an upstream slip. I removed it when I moved to a downstream slip, but I need to get the support re-welded to fit on the downstream side. It makes a difference not having to worry about spearing the end of your finger slip into your bow. I've got one of the rubber bumpers like Rick displayed there now, which keeps the damage to a minimum, but I don't like scraping along it.
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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 04/12/2011 :  15:28:29  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by John Russell</i>
<br />I think the wheel oould be more forgiving on the gelcoat. Less friction. I have fenders permanently (sorta, bungeed) to the pilings on my finger. I bounce against them and the hull finish needs a bit more attention in those spots.
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I'll think about it. Based on past experience in my prior slip, I hope to be able to enter the slip without ever hitting the corner, but want it there just in case. If I find that I'm hitting it more often, I may upgrade.
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PCP777
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Response Posted - 04/12/2011 :  17:33:22  Show Profile
I see those on the big boat slips, I sure could use some.
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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 04/12/2011 :  19:30:47  Show Profile
The white rubber corners are better than nothing, but mine left stripes on my green hull now and then (fairly easily rubbed off)... The wheel is much kinder.
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Prospector
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Response Posted - 04/13/2011 :  05:49:30  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
Someone suggested last year that the round balls are better fenders as they leave less in the way of marks on the hull.

If I didn't already have an armada of sausage fenders I would be shopping.
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 04/13/2011 :  07:50:49  Show Profile
The ball fenders are particularly good for those who have to moor <i>against</i> a dock and have possible wave motion. Bruce Ross had Passage on an outside dock with heavy current, long fetch, and big boat wakes. Wheels wouldn't be good for that.
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 04/13/2011 :  17:29:18  Show Profile
I got two 12" ball fenders for Christmas, and am all set for the season. I will keep my old sausages for emergency situations (whatever they might be)! I'm still rubbing out last year's fender marks.
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