We had agreed with our Finnish friends on sy Elaine that they, who also flew away for two months, would leave their yacht alongside Scorpio, which ment that there would not be any other boats tied to us when we were away, thus eliminating the risc for damage from moving boats.

Elaine herself would have the added benefit of not having to bother with the tidal movement, as she was tied to Scorpio. However, this left it to me to worry about how to protect Scorpio from the dock.

The concrete dock has an ugly overhang, which cannot be detected in the photo to the left. At low tide our fenders could have been trapped under the overhang or the over hang might even come on top of the toe rail.

I shackled a long chain along the quay and wired three car tires to the chain. These would therefore be hanging on the dock instead of the yacht. I also put 2 ball fenders on the wall. On the yacht I tied 8 fenders and protected them with 3 fenderboards. The boards are tied to each other to prevent them from popping up. Also the fenders were tied together at the lower eye to keep them in place.