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01-21-2022, 11:32 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Puget Sound
Vessel Name: Muirgen
Vessel Model: 50' Beebe Passagemaker
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 1,825
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Fender overkill!
I ran across this pic recently, and am still trying to figure out what the operator of the boat was trying to protect him/herself from . . . 
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Vessel Name: Muirgen
Vessel Model: 50' Beebe Passagemaker
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01-21-2022, 11:36 AM
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Guru
City: Los Angeles
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 748
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Ready for a raft-up party?
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Science doesn't care what you believe. -Neil deGrasse Tyson
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01-21-2022, 11:43 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Juneau
Vessel Name: Sea Dog
Vessel Model: DeFever 49 Raised Pilothouse
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 46
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They even have fenders on the flybridge. There are more pictures of the boat, and the fenders, on their charter site:
http://dev.sonnencharter.de/product/laurabuc-fr/
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01-21-2022, 11:49 AM
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Guru
City: Gulf Islands, BC Canada
Vessel Name: Soo Valley
Vessel Model: Grand Banks 36
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 2,734
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New girlfriend asked to drive the boat
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SteveK AKA Soo Valley
You only need one working engine. That is why I have two.
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01-21-2022, 11:56 AM
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Guru
City: West Coast
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 739
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Sorry, I don't understand...
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01-21-2022, 12:16 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Saltspring Island
Vessel Name: Retreat
Vessel Model: C&L 44
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 4,976
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speed bumps...er...kayaks
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01-21-2022, 12:17 PM
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Guru
City: Owings, Md
Vessel Name: Graceland
Vessel Model: Mainship 34 MK1
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 867
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Maybe they are all gifts from their marina neighbors given out of self interest.
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01-21-2022, 12:26 PM
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Guru
City: Currently hiding out in Smith, NV, USA
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 1,170
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Cheaper than boat handling training?
I’m reminded of a friend of mine who grew up in Southeast Alaska, as a child lived aboard boats, worked for various government agencies where operating skiffs and other small boats was necessary, took the obligatory boat training more than once..who to this day has the strategy of crashing her (small but heavily built aluminum center console) boat into the dock in a controlled collision. Probably played into her and her husband’s choice of boat? He just shrugs.
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01-21-2022, 12:35 PM
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Guru
City: Malmö
Vessel Name: ABsolutely FABulous
Vessel Model: Greenline 33 Hybrid (2010)
Join Date: Nov 2019
Posts: 1,126
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This looks like many a holiday rental boat on French canals. There is no requirement in France to have any boating knowledge, license or training whatsoever in order to rent a 50' boat like this for a week. Trust me, the ridiculous number of fenders you see in the picture is necessary. On the positive side, I can say these rental boats provide a fairly constant source of entertainment for other boaters while cruising the canals...if one can maintain a safe distance ;-)
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2010 Greenline 33' Hybrid
Home port: Malmö, SWEDEN
Currently in: Marina La Madonnina, Viareggio, ITALY
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01-21-2022, 12:40 PM
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Guru
City: Malmö
Vessel Name: ABsolutely FABulous
Vessel Model: Greenline 33 Hybrid (2010)
Join Date: Nov 2019
Posts: 1,126
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Did a little research on the name on the bow. It's, indeed, a town in France. And you can rent this boat or a sister on a weekly basis here:
https://www.boataround.com/se/bat/ni...fly-c-laurabuc
I imagine they even come with spare fenders, just in case some are lost in transit ;-)
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Scott
2010 Greenline 33' Hybrid
Home port: Malmö, SWEDEN
Currently in: Marina La Madonnina, Viareggio, ITALY
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01-21-2022, 12:41 PM
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Guru
City: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Vessel Name: Xanadu
Vessel Model: Mainship 37 Motor Yacht
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,952
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I could have used that setup on a few ugly dockings in crosswinds.
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01-21-2022, 02:27 PM
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Guru
City: Between Oregon and Alaska
Vessel Name: Charlie Harper
Vessel Model: Wheeler Shipyard 83'
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,666
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While overkill, the fenders are for going thru locks.
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01-21-2022, 02:45 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,278
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottC
Did a little research on the name on the bow. It's, indeed, a town in France. And you can rent this boat or a sister on a weekly basis here:
https://www.boataround.com/se/bat/ni...fly-c-laurabuc
I imagine they even come with spare fenders, just in case some are lost in transit ;-) |
I can't say we saw any with fenders on the flybridge, but we saw many last summer with a lot of fenders kept permanently out. Also, a lot of rafting of the rental boats due to shortage of dock space. May look strange, but practical.
Have seen somewhat similar in the US on houseboats and have seen many rental houseboats on the TN and Cumberland Rivers for which it would probably be a good idea. When you get in a lock and one enters and can't get tied and soon is facing the wrong way and finally the lockmaster gives up and tells them to just tie as they are and worry it at the other end, letting everyone else exit the lock first.
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01-23-2022, 04:18 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Perth
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 45
Join Date: Dec 2020
Posts: 39
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That is hilarious.
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01-23-2022, 05:46 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,573
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That overkill of fenders is also commonplace on the UK waterways as well. Not sure what it says about the boat-handling skills of many Europeans, but there is no denying there must be a cogent reason for it. 
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Pete
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01-23-2022, 06:23 AM
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Guru
City: Kilmarnock VA
Vessel Name: Wandering Star
Vessel Model: psn40
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,114
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Wayfarer got a new boat?
Sorry swamp commander...I suppose you don't keep quite that many fenders over the side. 
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01-23-2022, 10:59 AM
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Guru
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 37
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 1,005
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01-23-2022, 11:10 AM
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Guru
City: Cape May, NJ
Vessel Name: Irish Lady
Vessel Model: Monk 36
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,417
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Niagara falls attempt?
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Archie
Irish Lady
1984 Monk 36 Hull #46
Currently in Cape May, NJ
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01-23-2022, 11:11 AM
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Guru
City: Stratford, CT
Vessel Name: Blue Moon
Vessel Model: Mainship Pilot 355
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 2,690
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I've always thought a canal cruise in Europe would be a fun vacation someday. Youtube is convincing me otherwise.
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01-23-2022, 11:14 AM
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Senior Member
City: Solomons MD.
Vessel Name: Sun Runner
Vessel Model: 1985 Mainship 34 Trawler MK III
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 478
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I just want a boat with that amount of storage.
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