"Gogarty" wrote in message
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Wife is way smarter than any of you.

Got tired of lashing the fenders to the lifelines, having to adjust them
and all that. She got some bronze snap shackles, the kind that have an
eye at one end and a spring-loaded keeper (what is that thing called?)
at the hook end. Tied them to the approporiate fenders at the right
height. They snap right on to the bales at the bases of the stanchions.
The bronze is strong but not so strong that it will carry away the
stanchions if they get caught. They break. The shackles also work great
for fender stowage. A length of line secured to the pushpit. Just snap
the shackles to the line.

By the way, we have never, ever actually bought a fender. We find them
floating in the water and have more than we can use.



Along with stanchions and lifelines? LOL You could make a boat from all the
things found floating or nearly floating.

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