Boat Fender Covers

Boat Fender Covers

Why Foam-filled Fenders?

Fenders are an essential part of any dock or harbor facility. Docking a ship is an imprecise matter, and fenders must be in place to keep ships from being damaged by bumping, scraping or crashing into docks. By the same token, the docks themselves must be protected from damage by ships. Fenders also come into play to prevent damage from ships coming into contact with each other. Every vessel from a pleasure craft to a fishing boat to a supertanker needs fenders; every structure from a dock to a bridge to an oil rig does, as well.

Historically, fenders were woven together from rope, in a variety of knots and patterns still known and used today by many traditionalists. They would typically be covered with a layer of old tires as a buffer, then used as a fenderboard along a dock piling. Like everything else, fenders have been improved over the years.

For years, the inflatable Yokohama fender was the state-of-the-art fendering system. Yokohama fenders, however, require air pressure and safety valves that need to be maintained. Inflatable fenders also have a “recoil” that will cause ships to “bounce” in the other direction after contact. Thousands of inflatable Yokohama fenders are still in use worldwide, but the next logical progression in fender and mooring technology is the foam-filled fender. Constructed with a tough outer skin and heat-laminated layers of foam at their core, foam-filled fenders offer the following advantages:

• Softer berthing. Unlike the “bounce” of inflatable Yokohama fenders, a foam-filled fender rebounds more slowly, rather than jolting the ship and its passengers as it buckles and rebounds.

• All tide mooring. Foam-filled fenders, by design, make mooring easier regardless of tidal phase or conditions.

• Hull conforming. The design of the foam core in a foam-filled fender gives great resilience and the ability to conform to a vessel’s contours. The result is a more even distribution of energies over a greater area, and much lower hull pressures.

• Unsinkable. Like a fishing bobber, the foam core of a foam-filled fender makes it impossible to sink.

• Durable. Foam-filled fenders are available in different rubber compounds like neoprene, EPDM, butyl and polyurethane. The result is a product that is resistant to saltwater, ultraviolet rays, ozone aging, dry rot and extremes of temperature and weather, making it suitable for use in any environment worldwide.

About the Author

http://www.anchormarinehouston.com/ – Anchor Marine and Industrial Supply: the leading provider of shipping and marina equipment, including anchors, fenders, chains, dock, and towing equipment.

We are the exclusive U.S. Dealer of Yokohama fenders and provide both new and used parts to the oil and gas industry worldwide.

Again Its Riddle Time?

1) If it takes twenty minutes to hard-boil one goose egg, how long will it take to hard-boil four goose eggs?
2) Some months have 31 days. How many have 28?
3) Over the side of a boat floating in a harbor there hangs a rope ladder containing ten rungs. Each rung is one foot from the next one and the bottom rung is resting on the surface of the water. The tide rises at a rate of one foot an hour. How long will it take the water to reach the top rung?
4) A Ferrari is traveling at 30 miles per hour on a head-on collision course with a Maserati, which is being driven at a leisurely 20 miles/ hour. When the two cars are exactly 50 miles apart, a very fast fly leaves the front fender of the Ferrari and travels towards the Maserati at 100 miles/ hour. When it reaches the Maserati, it instantly reverses direction and flies back to the Ferrari and continues winging back and forth between the rapidly approaching cars. At moment the two cars collide,what is the total distance fly covers?

1. they can boil at the same time, 20 min.
2. all 12.
3. it will nvr reach
4. they met at an hour and the fly travles… 100 miles in that hour? haha idkk.
i had numbe r4 as a math question i was the only one in class who got it rite.

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