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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2019 18:03:18 GMT
I use the soft shackles to attach mooring and centre ropes to the rope eyes. I've only snapped one, a front fender had dropped down and caught on a lock gate, ping! They can be used anywhere you would use a shackle or carabiner, roughly twice as strong as the braid they are made from. An answer to "what do you want for christmas/birthday?" a set of fids please. Good thinking, if the fender and the shackle you would have used instead had not broken, it would have potentially added up to a much bigger issue. I like soft shackles on the jib clew since it is always possible that the snap-shackle sometimes used instead can smack you in the face when tacking. Which would be quite painful.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2019 18:13:06 GMT
I've always sawn through half of a chain link on all chains on bow and stern fenders. Cuts out any hanging up or catching problems as the link will open up under load, obviously .
Not a big fan of fenders on canal boats generally but a stern one is sensible to look after the rudder.
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Post by JohnV on Dec 12, 2019 21:37:03 GMT
Not a big fan of fenders on canal boats generally but a stern one is sensible to look after the rudder. when I first got Sabina she had a bumkin but when rebuilding I didn't replace it. Never needed it on the coast and estuary but since working her through some of these Northern waterways and mixing it with other working or ex working boats I have been nervous for my rudder a few times ...... but it would have to be a truly ginormous fender to be of any help
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