GL: DON'T USE FENDER COVERS!

[fred]

Elliott,

I heartily recommend you forget all about the plastic bag covers for your 
fenders.  They eventually tear off the fenders, drop into the water and 
sooner or later they will clog the valves on the next lock.  They are one 
of the major causes of lock failure and it requires a day of shut down 
while a diver cleans the screens out.

Never use bags over your fenders!

Same deal for folks using bags of hay for fenders.  They fall off too and 
clog up the valves on the locks.  They're PROHIBITED on the NY canal 
system.

Fred
Tug 44

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From: "Elliott Bray" <elliott.bray at tamu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 8:47 AM
To: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
Subject: GL: Fender Cover covers 

Locks...
We've done locks...Trent Severn twice, Illinois twice, Tennessee twice,
Eastern Erie once with the second time coming up this summer.

All those stories about dirty lock walls are true.
Well, except the Erie Canal - they are worse than dirty!!

I saw a couple of boats on the T-S this last summer with one of the best
solutions I have seen. They covered their fenders with white poly sand 
bags.

I have ordered a bundle of 18"x30" bags (100 pieces) that will fit over 
the
large 16x28" fenders (I think they are large enough to cover the cloth
covers as well).

Since I only have 12 fenders this size on Letitia I will have some left
over.
Let me know off-line if you are interested in sharing the cost of the 
bags.
My thinking is I will make packages of 10 for $15 including shipping.

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Elliott Bray
Brayeo  at  millsaps.edu
M/V Letitia - Gulfstar 44 MC
www.loopcruiser.com
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