On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:11:41 -0800, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote:

Unbelievable. That statement all by itself speaks volumes about
his lack of sailing experience.

I like this response:

"Of course they do. The aluminum rails catch fenders, dropped tools and even
my
cell phone! Heel really far and a fender could roll off, but then you can
just
put it front of a stanchion. Anything so long as I don't have to stow them!"

A typical toe-rail is maybe an inch high? I can see how a 5 inch diameter,
bouncy fender would really be stopped by this height. The horror... what if
the rails aren't aluminum??

It isn't nice to make fun of Bob because he can't afford a boat with a
teak toe rail. Do you take pleasure in the misfortune of others?


Put it in front of a stanchion? So to make it even more difficult to move
around
the boat, which is "heel(ing) really far." Dropped tools? Like when you're
doing
what on a moving boat?

Oh I know.. tripping over the fenders on the way to the chrome anchor.

"Donal" wrote in message
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"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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That's some heel!

Enough for the deck-top fenders to roll overboard...

Real boats have toe-rails, wally! Tends to keep stuff on deck.

Cripes! Bob thinks that a toe-rail would stop a fender rolling overboard.


Regards


Donal
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