Dock Wheel and Colored Hull

DragonAnchor

DragonAnchor

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Oct 22, 2007
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Falls Church, VA
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290 Sundancer 2006
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5.0 BIII
When leaving my slip, I noticed I tend to cut the corner a bit and get a bit of a scuff from the edge of the finger pier.

This was easy to 'clean up' since I had a white hull. But now I am getting a pewter hulled boat and its become more of a concern.

I will of course be very careful now, but was wondering if something like this:

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would help in those times when I leave a bit too sharply?

Anyone have any experiences with them? With a colored hull?

I will have to get permission from the marina to mount it, but I have seen them on other finger piers there so I hope its not an issue. I have tried asking the boat owners where I have seen them mounted, but havent had much luck connecting.

Thanks
 
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Looks like It would hurt less than a galvanized bolt sticking out from the pier.
Congrats on the next boat coming.
 
They're pretty popular in my marina. One on the corner and two spaced on the length of the hull as it's tied up. Beats having to hang and bring in fenders everytime you come and go.
 
ROFL Gary ! ... even the best cyclelist needs help in high winds and/or adult beverages (I know I know.... if you have that many beverages that you cant see the finger pier you shouldnt be driviing)


There is "padding" at the corner of the finger piers, so no gavlanized bolts to worry about. But its new to me and I will be paranoid about scuffs the first year or so... I imagine after a while I will not be so worried and just buff out what I can and not freak out over the small stuff :grin:
 
Congrats on new boat...anything you can do to keep it un-scratched is a good thing. Most big boats at our marina pivot or rub the 3" padded vertical uprights at the end of the fingers when arriving...rarely do they touch departing. My neighbor's houseboat sticks out 13' so I can't use that side to pivot on & the other side has a jet ski dock in the way so I have to "touch nothing" ...makes a crosswind approach a little more difficult...fortunately we ordered BD with a bow thruster.
 
i dont believe it is any longer acceptable to call a boat hull "colored." i'd prefer you refer to them as "hulls of color.":grin:
 
on Nehalennia II, she was Dark Green; tough to keep shiny, but well worth it.
I'm glad you guys aren't having issues and hopefully don't.


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I don't have a colored hull but I did put a pair of dock wheels on the corners of my slip. Between backing in with the current and a cross wind in tight quarters, I figure they are cheaper than paying for gel coat repairs.
 
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My dock wheels scratched my blue hull. They were dirty though... I replaced them with the 'fire hose' material from Perimeter http://www.boatcovers.cc/cgi-bin/catalog.pl?item_id=108. Many folks in my marina said these were the way to go with colored hulls.

So far so good, I keep them clean (which is what makes a big difference I think) but they have not caused the scratches that I had before.

Hope that helps!

Ryan
 
Nehalennia said:
on Nehalennia II, she was Dark Green; tough to keep shiny, but well worth it.
I'm glad you guys aren't having issues and hopefully don't.


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Todd. You sure got alot of use from that picture huh? I think deep down inside you have "snailboat" envy. Brian
 
Bridog said:
Todd. You sure got alot of use from that picture huh? I think deep down inside you have "snailboat" envy. Brian
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Bri,
unfortunately it's all I got right now. And regarding the snailboats, you couldn't be further from the truth. I'm simply itching to get back out there.
 
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