paulga
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Add a fender / bumper to the dock or try one of these...
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I adjusted the dock lines length so the swim platform does not touch the dock by wind, somehow it still did. What fenders do you use for the swim platform?
Is that your boat swimgrid or another?
It looks like you are stern tied with an angled dock. Spring lines stretch so I would move forward a foot or so. Then the side hull fenders will work. Or go in bow first.
I am thinking "fendered" or not, I would not want my swim platform touching anything. There is a lot of leverage and torque potential there and can do some damage.
I might be tempted to use a low stretch line for the forward spring. Agree that there should never be contact.Agreed. I don't want to see mine within a foot, preferably 2 feet of a dock behind it (either angled near the corner or behind). Keep in mind that lines get stretchier and sometimes looser when wet, so even if you're tied so it can't touch normally, it may hit in the right combination of wind and rain.
I might be tempted to use a low stretch line for the forward spring. Agree that there should never be contact.
Best to have the fenders between the boat and the dock and big enough that the swim platform will never hit. I use 6, 4 balls aft and 2 bigger balls up front. The boat is never going to hit the dock -
Maybe something like this on the dock?
Flat Boat Fender for 10' to 20' Long Boats
Item # AM64NR
taylor-made-transom-fender-56090 arrived. The package is so heavy I realized it's supposed to be stored onboard and only put on at time of docking. so the package went to return. I pulled the boat forward by 1 ft and now there seems to be a safe clearance.