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)