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Little Wind
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Initially Posted - 03/18/2025 :  10:58:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Anyone have any ideas/answers that they use for reducing chafe on dock lines? I know I can add sleeves or rubber hose over the lines but I was thinking that it would be nice to be able to adjust the lines without moving the chafe protection.
My bow is positioned at a concrete sea wall with cleats and the concrete easily induces chafe on my bow lines. So I'm wondering maybe... how to modify the concrete sea wall instead? Some type of covering or edge protector I can apply?
What ideas do you all have?

Hmmmmm... I just thought about maybe some plastic rain gutter material cut to length and folded over the edge of the concrete. It would have to be glued or siliconed in place. Gotta think about that...
Mark
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 03/18/2025 :  14:22:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Click on the link below. I'm not suggesting you buy these, but use the general idea. Perhaps you could attach something flexible, like cheap rubber auto floor mats, to the cleats on the sea wall and position them so that they hang over the edge of the sea wall and protect your docklines from the rough edge of the sea wall. You'd want to tie the boat with spring lines to prevent it from moving forward and backward. That would eliminate the need to screw or glue anything to the concrete. https://th.bing.com/th?id=OPHS.DYj%2b3IB56bdaaQ474C474&w=592&h=550&o=5&dpr=1.6&pid=21.1
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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Edited by - Steve Milby on 03/18/2025 14:27:41
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