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Old 07-10-2008, 06:29 PM   #1
Chris Foster
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City: Anacortes, WA
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Dock bumpers

Confession time:* I'm a lousy close-quarters boat handler.* I can do engines, systems, electrical, and such, but docking is (IMHO) more art than science ... and I ain't an artist.*

It's compounded by the facts that I'm frequently singlehanding, and that I have a double slip shared by a 37' Pacific Trawler that's beamy and expensive.* (As opposed to my boat, which is just beamy and old).

So I usually try to err on being as close as possible to the dock side of the slip, which usually results in fenders riding up and wood-to-fiberglass contact.

I'm thinking about installing dock bumpers.* They don't ride up and they should give me another few inches between the dock and my neighbor.

Good idea?* Bad idea?* Take up another hobby?

I've attached a picture of*the type of bumper I'm thinking of.



-- Edited by Chris Foster at 20:43, 2008-07-10
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