Fenders

Two worthy pursuits - reducing the steps needed to get the boat ready for a quick daysail, and cleaning up the looks, lines, and decks. I decided to fasten two fenders to the dock. This way I or my crew are not bothered with retrieving or setting the fenders when leaving or coming into the slip. I bought a set of small cleats for each dock-mounted fender and have been pretty happy with the level of protection so far.

I also got six of these Taylor jam cleats (they call them something else but that's what they are) and put three on each side. They seem to work really well but I haven't tried educating deck-crew in their use.