I had my boat painted a few years ago with Awlcraft 2000. I find that I am getting a large number of light scratches in the hull paint in the area where I normally bring my dinghy alongside to board the boat. This is near where the launch comes as well, but the location seems to correlate more with the dinghy than the launch (which has bumper pads attached). My PortaBote dinghy has rubber-like rails and for extra protection, I covered them with pool noodle tubes. However, it looks now like the pool noodles may be worse than nothing. Does it make any sense to anyone that pool noodles could scratch paint? What do others find is the best hull protection? I could attach some kind of fender to the side of the dinghy. Some people at our club always leave cylindrical fenders hanging on the side of their moored boat, presumably to protect against our less capable launch drivers, but that could work for the dinghy as well. If fenders, do you find that cloth covers on traditional fenders is more gentle? Thanks- Dave S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT
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