Looking For Your Help.

[MOPanfisher]

Every year one of the problems we have with courtesy docks on Pomme is that the rubber bumper strips get torn loose and or knocked off. It becomes an ongoing battle to keep them in place and maintained in such a way to prevent damage to boats. If you know of a product that works well and is durable please list it and I'll do a little research on it. Remember these docks get the crap banged out of them, unlike a private dock where the owner generally is a little more careful, boaters will come in faster than they should and hit them hard. Oddly enough the best think I have ever found is a hard one to swallow, old tires properly bolted on are tough and will take a lot of abuse, unfortunately they also tend to leave black marks on boats, and look like a hillbilly repair. Any ideas.

[kjackson]

I've seen very heavy plastic used in the Puget Sound region of Washington. It is fairly thick--like an inch or more, through-bolted with countersunk heads of the bolts, and pretty much indestructible. I'm thinking it is something like UHMW or other super-tough plastic. It doesn't offer any cushion, but it keeps the boats from getting dinged or scraped by the dock. I've also seen old firehose used to good effect, but the bolts or screws will still scratch the boats.

[fishinwrench]

Old fire hose attached in loops. Lasts forever.