Knots & Lines
Fenders and the Lines That Hold Them
Niamh O'Halloran walks a Galway marina in late spring and counts forty-three fenders hanging from boats. Twelve of them are tied to fail.
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Knots & Lines
Niamh O'Halloran walks a Galway marina in late spring and counts forty-three fenders hanging from boats. Twelve of them are tied to fail.
Knots & Lines
Reidar Vik walks the length of a chandler's shop on Strandkaien in Bergen and counts seventeen distinct rope types on the shelves. Most boaters, he says, need three.