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Noticed this snipped in Chuck Brockman's article;
According to Chapman's Boating Etiquette, fenders, too frequently called bumpers, are simple and useful devices, yet they are so often sloppily used that they have become a mark of poor nautical etiquette all by themselves.
The rule for fenders is, when a boat is under way, she should never be seen with fenders over the side. At no time should a shoreside onlooker see a boat under way with fenders adangle. When the vessel is dockside, naturally she will use all fenders necessary.
I have only heard one boater call them fenders, and he got laughed at for it!!
What do you call them?
According to Chapman's Boating Etiquette, fenders, too frequently called bumpers, are simple and useful devices, yet they are so often sloppily used that they have become a mark of poor nautical etiquette all by themselves.
The rule for fenders is, when a boat is under way, she should never be seen with fenders over the side. At no time should a shoreside onlooker see a boat under way with fenders adangle. When the vessel is dockside, naturally she will use all fenders necessary.
I have only heard one boater call them fenders, and he got laughed at for it!!
What do you call them?