Saw a boat attached to this contraption last weekend. There were two
metallic looking upside down L shaped supports with a diagonal crossbrace in
the elbow. Maybe four feet high or so. Looked like davits. Hanging off the
ends of the rigid supports were lines down to the boat with what looked like
a spring or elastic section in the middle. Anybody familiar with this type
of docking gadget?

Holds the boat away from the dock when it is not in use. Handy for docks
with rough water. The fiberglass mooring whips are cheaper if you have a
boat under 25'.

"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
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Saw a boat attached to this contraption last weekend. There were two
metallic looking upside down L shaped supports with a diagonal crossbrace
in the elbow. Maybe four feet high or so. Looked like davits. Hanging off
the ends of the rigid supports were lines down to the boat with what
looked like a spring or elastic section in the middle. Anybody familiar
with this type of docking gadget?

"James" wrote
Holds the boat away from the dock when it is not in use. Handy for docks
with rough water.

That's exactly what I've got and why I'm interested. I'm on a river, near a
turn-around point, and on summer weekends, the cruiser drivers start heading
home for dinner around dusk with their throttles in the "dead plow"
position, making about 10 knots at 30gph with wakes you could surf on.

The fiberglass mooring whips are cheaper if you have a boat under 25'.

Mooring whips seem awfully expensive to me, for what they are. ($300+ for a
pair of fiberglass fishin' poles?) Plus I've seen several broken whips
hanging off docks in my area. These things I saw (do they have a name?) were
on a small runabout, maybe 17' or so. Looked like something a reasonably
handy man could fabricate for himself at a reasonable cost.

Plus I've seen several broken whips
hanging off docks in my area.


Yeesh, if the wakes are that bad you may have no choice other than to get a
lift.