Woody
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My wife gets that way even when they're on someone elses bow...I gotta always act like I didn't notice them.
Reducing first mates anxiety/stress - Docking, grabbing lines, tying knots, bumpers/fenders
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FootballFan
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My wife gets that way even when they're on someone elses bow...I gotta always act like I didn't notice them.
I learned that in this situation, never ever make the comment "look at the fenders on that boat"
- Jun 2, 2008
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- 1998 450 Sundancer, Achilles dinghy w/15hp
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- 3126 Cat's
I had some fenders on the bow & they paid me $500 for 4 hours...
Dani-Lu
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Well done! Very nice fenders!
mrsrobinson
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I have always found SR gunnels to be wider than others and thought it was to make up for no walk thru windshield. A dockmates wife once was trying to hand me a line while they were docking their 340 Cruisers Yachts, little to no gunnel, so she was standing on the foredeck reaching to me, slipped, fell, and luckily I caught her before she hit a pilon.
Wrong thread...
FootballFan
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You have a good point. I don't have a comparison of the gunnel size on our SR's to competitors in the same style/size.
My reference was to our personal experience on 340 DA and 47 DB. One of our considerations with this current boat (and equally on our next boat) is that we are not getting any younger. Found that over the years those gunnels start to look smaller. Always had the concern about slipping and falling.
On the 340, no matter where my wife moved I could see her at all times. If she fell I would know it. On the 47DB, not the case. There were blind areas on the sides that I could not see her unless I stepped to the side of the steering. Part of my fear, she fell and I didn't realize she had fallen.
