How to Tie & Adjust Fenders on Your Boat | Bali 45 Catamaran

[@luxorbill269]

This video along with a couple of others just saved me $20.00 from buying plastic fast fender hangers. I knew there were knots for this but just thought it would be faster for my wife while on the bow in the ocean to just clip on the bumper I've added to the other 4. It's a larger ball so it's heavier than the G4 bumpers. This knot is too simple to justify buying plastic things! My wife is pretty good with lines so all is good. Thank you for sharing.

[@StevenJQuinlan]

Fantastic video, clear, consise and useful

[@royalnavyyachtmaster]

Thanks so much for your comment. Glad you enjoyed the video

[@Iced-D143]

Good info, thanks. Subscribed. (FYI, video editors can remove background wind noise.)

[@royalnavyyachtmaster]

Awesome, thank you!

[@MrJudg3]

Jon Hamm really learned the ropes.

[@butchg3990]

Excellent! Spend crazy money for r boats the. Drag fenders like after thought. Thank you!

[@royalnavyyachtmaster]

Exactly! Thank you for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@Coyotehello]

Tying off the top of a stanchion or lifeline, that is the best way to pull your stanchion bases off the deck. Thousands of dollars in damages within a few seasons.

[@royalnavyyachtmaster]

Only if you are rubbish at docking. If you are good, like me, you ll be fine 👍

[@Coyotehello]

@@royalnavyyachtmaster So, while at a dock you can cancel the wake of a passing vessel that would send your vessel rocking up and down, squeezing your fenders and pulling on your lifelines/stanchions? That is magical power mate.

[@tingeling953]

I noticed the valves where at the top. The valve should be at the bottom. If the fender is squeezed hard and the valve fails, it might shoot out like a projectile. You don't want it to hit anyone.

[@royalnavyyachtmaster]

Great thought thank you . 30 years doing this... never heard that one and never popped a fender ... but always willing to learn something new 👍

[@StartVisit]

i would keep fenders all the time

[@arnehayn4354]

It won't be considered good seamanship

[@luxorbill269]

@@arnehayn4354 Yes, people will make comments if you are bouncing thru the bar with bumpers flying around. I think it is just lazy to not want to at least pull them over the side. I forgot one forward bumper and realized it only when it flew up and bounced against my cabin window. If that window had broken, I'd still be yelling about it.

[@kwmiked]

I think people leave them most of the time cause they can't retie them. Other 50% they just forget they are there because they never remove them and don't know how to tie lol

[@marcodado7473]

I will never understand why are we talking about boat appearance . That should be the very last concern anybody have about a boat

[@royalnavyyachtmaster]

Ok

[@victorjcano]

HEY DUDE, IT'S LINE NOT ROPE.

[@royalnavyyachtmaster]

Oh…. Yeah…. Sorry I was thinking of when I was fo’c’sle officer on HMS Boxer tying up in 30 knots on the Isle of Skye and the bow-line snapped and the XO yelled “get another line out asap” The next line didn’t have an eye in it and the seaman didn’t know how to tie. Bowline so jumped in and tied one in the end (bitter) of the “ROPE” ! My bad. You got me.

[@SuperSi-hs2cb]

too many words.... :(

[@royalnavyyachtmaster]

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