Anchorage slip???

The way I see it.......The OWNER could care less about your boat. He is in it for the $$$. IF YOU care about your boat.....spend the $$$ and pad the pole and pier. SIMPLE....problem solved.

Glad you didn't vote for oblame-a
 
Hey Dave, what type of fabric are you talking about for the poles, I didn't notice it when I borrowed your slip last year . I am going to take you up on your offer to show me how to tie up, as soon as this Ice Age is over. Thanks
Al
 
For about $300 you can nicely protect the slip if you look at those prices.
Like I said I would attach with some screws and when you leave the slip offer the owner to buy it or take it.

But as I said this will not protect the boat from extreme rubbing. For that you need to get your ropes right.

My philosophy is if you can fit between the poles then you should be able to rope it so it never touches he pier.
 
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Originally posted by mintregila

Walter,

You don't think your PS statement was uncalled for?

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I do, got caught up and my apologies for doing such to the poster.
 
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Originally posted by Double D

The way I see it.......The OWNER could care less about your boat. He is in it for the $$$. IF YOU care about your boat.....spend the $$$ and pad the pole and pier. SIMPLE....problem solved.

Glad you didn't vote for oblame-a

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Don, Don ,Don
When you own a slip or a home or anything you rent, you are correct it is about the money?? If it was not about that then such a person that can't afford to buy a home or slip would be in the wind!
Just because we rent slips does not mean we don't care about our renter.
Gees, If I rented a slip in the Montauk Yacht Club for the season and paid (for his size boat) 10k + + + ) They don't even have padded slips??
In 30 years as a boater, I have never seen such, padded slips that is???

Guess that was my point and where I thought his post was absurd!

Also,
If you need a "padded slip" there is only two reasons why.
You chose, your decision, a slip that is to small, if not that, you need to learn how to tie your boat up properly.

Both scenarios are your responsibility and not the person that rented you the slip.
 
I dont even know what a padded slip is. Padded cell, that im very familiar. IDK if its the moon, the koolaide but this brings back to the taking the bow rider to blk thread.... Just my opinion. ( we are still allowed to have those arent we ? )

Rob
 
Rob.......... of course you are allowed to have your own opinion. ( as long as it is approved by the boss ).
 
Any other place I've been before padding a slip was never necessary. I was at MarineMax for years which had finger slips but the way they are designed your boat hits the poles and not the finger slip. In this slip there are poles on the finger slip side but the finger slip is closer to the boat then the poles are. There is plenty of room in my slip I just need to tie the boat so it can never hit the finger pier.
 
For some retarded reason the anchorage Fingers do encroach on the usable beam of the slip. And mostly only on one side. I dont really get it . Just realize it and favor the side opposite the finger.

Rob
 
How else can a finger work? Most other marinas don't have finger piers.
Pole is at most 12" wide and pier is 24" wide.
 
At MarineMax the pole is cut into the finger. Your boat never ever hits the finger or has a chance to by the way it's designed.
 
I will need to look but unless you have 2 poles the finger has to encroach on a slip.
Well guess you could have a very narrow finger.
 
I have added bumpers to every slip I have rented. My boat my responsibility. You don't want the boat to rest against any bumper or fender all the time because abrasion will ruin the finish. It should be tied away and the bumpers are just for those occasions when lines stretch or winds get too strong. Hanging fenders will not work against a horizontal dock because the will get out of position. Those taylor fender above are OK for smaller boats but for really robust protection use the ones below on poles or docks.

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I have a 25' roll of the first white one pictured. I chose not to use it because it will mar the finish of colored hull. The fabric better.

Not sure why you feel the fabric is not strong enough. Again, your not banging on this stuff, your just protecting from hitting bare wood. On the pole I use it to rude a fender up/down the pole. On the finger, I never touch it unless it accidently blows over when docking. I am tied so I never touch the finger and I have less than 8" between poles space.
 
I wish I could guarantee to never bang into poles but that's what rub rails are for and with storms and tides I found the extra strength of the bumpers pictured to work better. In this area poles are at the side of docks so you wind up with 1' for the pole and one or two feet for clearance. Makes boarding a challenge with too much clearance.

With a painted hull I guess I would want to be in a very protected area but almost every dock I have been at had some reason for concern.

YMMV
 
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Originally posted by CurrentSea

I will need to look but unless you have 2 poles the finger has to encroach on a slip.
Well guess you could have a very narrow finger.

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The fingers are as wide or wider than the anchorage. The way the fingers are installed is a better design, where the boat touches the poles and never the fingers.
 
Dave,
U never noticed how warped the fingers are ? Especially to one side ? terrible design. U can have 16' between the poles and a finger that intrudes 2 '. That kinds sucks

Rob
 
Most finger slips I've seen have a pole on either side of them at the water end.
From what I remember from when I was looking in the Anchorage 7 or so years ago, the finger there are fixed to a single pole out on the water end.
But most boats are wider up at the gunwales than they are down at the water line, so it should be about a wash.
With the fixed finger, as opposed to floater, there should be no problem with a high tide, but may be with an extremely low tide if the slip is very tight, and/or the lines aren't set up for it.
Back when I was looking in there many of the boats looked to be squeezed in to their slips with little room to spare on the sides. I'm sure if you looked around you'd probably come across someone with a very similar set-up, and simple solution.
 
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Originally posted by Robski97

Dave,
U never noticed how warped the fingers are ? Especially to one side ? terrible design. U can have 16' between the poles and a finger that intrudes 2 '. That kinds sucks
Rob

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That's not true for all fingers. Mine was replaces after Sandy and it runs perfect between me and neighbor. He gets a foot of finger and I get a foot. That is the design. Finger angles out from the pole.

Again, I am not picturing how a fixed finger pier with a single 12" pole could be better designed. If you had two 12' poles next to each other, then had a pole midway on finger, that would be better but then you would lose alot of slip real estate.

I will need to look around.
 
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