On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:20:19 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:



First you have to be dumb enough to use old tires for fenders.

I don;t know. Sure are a lot of boats using them... maybe somebody
knows something we don;t know?

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

A lot of cruising boats traveling through the European canals swear by
them as they often lie alongside barges. I have often seen them in use
(small car ones, not trucks) in harbours in Spain and Italy where
boats are moored to the quay or marina dock and packed in so tightly
that it is normal to touch each other. Normal boating fenders can get
torn off as one yacht rocks in a swell and pulls its neighbour's
fenders downwards.

Makes sense to use tyres in this case.

Peter