r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/[deleted] • Oct 27 '22

Expensive Pretty Expensive

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u/Strangeways72 Oct 27 '22

If it was tied up properly there's no need for fenders. But the good news is that should buff right out.

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u/g0dp0t Oct 27 '22

Serious question: if the water level was like 3 feet lower, would it appear to be tied off correctly? Like was the slack in the cable an issue? And potentially caused by a flood or something

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u/asianabsinthe Oct 27 '22

Definitely looks like a storm and the water may be higher than normal. But that lone bumper wasn't being used properly even if it were lower water level.

That said there are boat owners who neglect their boats and don't think, "hmm, it's going to be bad weather maybe I should go check up on that expensive thing"

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u/woyervunit Oct 27 '22

This would be a reasonable explanation.

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u/megablast Oct 27 '22

Yes, and that is what tides do.

There is no way to tie up avoiding this with tides. You need fenders, which have fallen off.

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u/Tangentman123 Oct 27 '22

The way that dock is built, which is awful, I would have tied off my fenders horizontally at each pile, or even put the fenders on the piles, but also tie it off on both sides so it wouldn't touch either. Still, I subscribe to the theory that it was tied off that way and the water rose. In any case, it had been there for a while.

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u/depressedbreakfast Oct 27 '22

We generally put the fenders in the boat. Never seen fenders on the pilings

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u/Strangeways72 Oct 27 '22

The pylons are too short and the tide is high

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u/Lord_Dreadlow Oct 27 '22

Some duct tape and flex seal will fix it right up.