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Len’s Cove Lessons: Fenders 101

Len's Cove Video Fenders

Dec 5, 2024

with Sean Horsfall

If you are proud of your boat and/or you don’t want to damage it, you are going to want to have fenders on board to protect it. We see lots of errors when it comes to how many, how to use tem, etc.

In this video we cover: 0:00 – Intro

 1:00 – Number of fenders to have on board your boat

 1:55 – Right size and color of fenders for your boat

 2:33 – How do you attach the fenders to your boat

 3:05 – Position of fenders on your boat

4:17 – The right height of the fenders on the boat

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