A very good friend gave us a set of dark blue, almost black fender covers for Christmas. They are not the mesh type but are of fairly heavy fabric with an almost wool-like texture. He even had the boat's name embroidered on them.
It's not the sort of thing we ever would have gotten for the boat ourselves but since we have them I'm curious about the pros and cons of using them. While our boat is held off our finger by the prevailing winds, when the wind comes from the north it gets pushed up against the finger. So the main thing I'm curious about is which is harder on the gelcoat, a bare fender or a fender with a cover on it?
It's not the sort of thing we ever would have gotten for the boat ourselves but since we have them I'm curious about the pros and cons of using them. While our boat is held off our finger by the prevailing winds, when the wind comes from the north it gets pushed up against the finger. So the main thing I'm curious about is which is harder on the gelcoat, a bare fender or a fender with a cover on it?