On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:12:53 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce in Bangkok wrote in
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And, I understand, white sidewalls are in vogue, also.




Close but not quite right. Just like everything else he owns on the dock,
the tires would have to be SOLID WHITE RUBBER, also specially purchased
from the most expensive chandler in town.

Real tires, especially like those around the tugboat on the pier, are way
too inexpensive to use as fenders....

Ah.... Unfortunately I was raised by parents who got married during
the height of the Great Depression and thus was taught an, apparently
strange in modern terms, respect for money. "If it works then use it".

Shoot! If I'd come up with the idea of using old, wore out, (cheap)
tires for fenders folks would have pointed me out on the streets -
"look at old Bruce there, why he got fenders for his boat FREE!".

On a less frivolous note, there is a boat down the dock from me that
has real car tires for fenders - carefully covered by custom sewed
covers made from Sunbrella fabric.......And tied to the lifelines with
sparkling white double-braid.

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

Bruce in Bangkok wrote in
:

Ah.... Unfortunately I was raised by parents who got married during
the height of the Great Depression and thus was taught an, apparently
strange in modern terms, respect for money. "If it works then use it".



Wrong concept. Modern, American at least, yachties must spend every
available penny on the most expensive crap West Marine delivers, even if
it's cheap plastic crap from the China sweatshops. Hell, WM sells them a
little plastic 12V box fan for a HUNDRED US DOLLARS!

In article , Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

On a less frivolous note, there is a boat down the dock from me that
has real car tires for fenders - carefully covered by custom sewed
covers made from Sunbrella fabric.......And tied to the lifelines with
sparkling white double-braid.

That's another way of recycling. The tyres will probably last longer
than regular fenders too. I guess that without the fabric covers the
tyre rubber will mark the boat, so they're not just to improve
appearances.

Justin.


BTW: Tyres are those air-filled rubber things on the wheels of an
automobile, tires is what one does when one works hard ;-)

--
Justin C, by the sea.

Justin C wrote in
:

BTW: Tyres are those air-filled rubber things on the wheels of an
automobile, tires is what one does when one works hard ;-)


My English captain's name is Tyres.....

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:56:13 -0000, Justin C
wrote:

In article , Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

On a less frivolous note, there is a boat down the dock from me that
has real car tires for fenders - carefully covered by custom sewed
covers made from Sunbrella fabric.......And tied to the lifelines with
sparkling white double-braid.

That's another way of recycling. The tyres will probably last longer
than regular fenders too. I guess that without the fabric covers the
tyre rubber will mark the boat, so they're not just to improve
appearances.

Justin.


BTW: Tyres are those air-filled rubber things on the wheels of an
automobile, tires is what one does when one works hard ;-)


Nope, won't mark the boat at all! Been aboard many tugs and work
boats. Never seen a fender mark at all.

Just paint the hull black.....


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:20:32 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:56:13 -0000, Justin C
wrote:

In article , Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

On a less frivolous note, there is a boat down the dock from me that
has real car tires for fenders - carefully covered by custom sewed
covers made from Sunbrella fabric.......And tied to the lifelines with
sparkling white double-braid.

That's another way of recycling. The tyres will probably last longer
than regular fenders too. I guess that without the fabric covers the
tyre rubber will mark the boat, so they're not just to improve
appearances.

Justin.


BTW: Tyres are those air-filled rubber things on the wheels of an
automobile, tires is what one does when one works hard ;-)


Nope, won't mark the boat at all! Been aboard many tugs and work
boats. Never seen a fender mark at all.

Just paint the hull black.....


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

Most of the ones I have seen on boats just have thick plastic garbage
bags around them to prevent hull marking.

Peter

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:43:00 +1000, Herodotus
wrote:

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:20:32 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:56:13 -0000, Justin C
wrote:

In article , Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

On a less frivolous note, there is a boat down the dock from me that
has real car tires for fenders - carefully covered by custom sewed
covers made from Sunbrella fabric.......And tied to the lifelines with
sparkling white double-braid.

That's another way of recycling. The tyres will probably last longer
than regular fenders too. I guess that without the fabric covers the
tyre rubber will mark the boat, so they're not just to improve
appearances.

Justin.


BTW: Tyres are those air-filled rubber things on the wheels of an
automobile, tires is what one does when one works hard ;-)


Nope, won't mark the boat at all! Been aboard many tugs and work
boats. Never seen a fender mark at all.

Just paint the hull black.....


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

Most of the ones I have seen on boats just have thick plastic garbage
bags around them to prevent hull marking.

Peter

Obviously not Real Sailors! =:-)

As discussed with Larry, a real yachtie would use tires from a compact
car, not from a truck (ugh), and then swath them in a custom made
Sunbrella cover with a white double braid mooring line. At least the
guy down the dock did.

Better yet to anchor out where you don't need fenders. If you are
using a hard dinghy just let your significant other stick her leg over
the side to keep the dinghy off the topsides paint.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:52:17 -0400, wrote:

Yes, and the water that collects in each one makes a dandy little mosquito
factory. In many locales, that spells "West Nile Virus".


That's why holes are drilled in the bottoms.

According to the CDC, the best way to deal with West Nile is to get
it. Then you're immune. A CDC doctor stated that one is 800 times more
likely to die or have serious damage from the regular yearly flu than
from West Nile. He blamed the media for all the scare stories.

Most people who get it don't even know it, some think it's the flu,
some (like in my case) suffer what seems the worst case of flu ever,
and some die or suffer permanent damage. Remember the later are 1/800
of those who die or suffer permanent damage from the "regular" flu.

Rick


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On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:15:27 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:51:56 -0500, Rick Morel wrote:

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:52:17 -0400, wrote:

Yes, and the water that collects in each one makes a dandy little mosquito
factory. In many locales, that spells "West Nile Virus".


That's why holes are drilled in the bottoms.


Which end of a tire is the bottom? LOL


Easy enough to figure out. Just hang the damned thing up and the side
opposite the top is the bottom :-(

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:15:27 -0400, wrote:

That's why holes are drilled in the bottoms.


Which end of a tire is the bottom? LOL

I knew that was coming!! LOL


According to the CDC, the best way to deal with West Nile is to get
it.

Total baloney.

The CDC web link you gave basically backs me up, without coming out
and saying so plainly. You have to dig through the stats. The very
young, infirmed and elderly are at even more risk from the "common"
flu. Or anything else for that matter.

Let's not debate it, okay? Neither of us will change the other's
mind, so let it be enough that two views were shown.

Rick
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