Mooring Whips vs Fenders: Keeping the Hull Off the Dock
Trent Hollis · July 11, 2026
Spend any time walking through a marina after heavy weather and you’ll spot hulls with fresh gelcoat gouges streaked across their sides. Twenty years of building and repairing Gulf Coast docks taught me to recognize that damage pattern instantly — it’s what happens when a boat’s protection system fails. Most of the hull damage I’ve … Read more
