Who needs rubrails!

PascalG

PascalG

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Who needs rubrails... This brand new 50' Fairline has a 6' section (the white part) that s totally unprotected...

Maybe I just need docking lessons but when i back into a narrow slip between wooden pilings, i don't want to worry about rubbing my gelcoat on rough wood

And note how the rail extends beyond the rubrails at the bow... Forget pivoting on a piling when pinned by wind!

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Why have rubrails when you have a nice window in the middle of the hull to set up against? Most new boats dont seem designed to be used.
 
That boat has the new automatic rub rails. There are sensors under that white part. As it gets closer to a hard object the white part opens up and fenders automatically inflate.

Push button on the dash and they deflate and conceal back under the shiny gelcoat.

Pretty cool!
 
Doesn't that 50 Fairline have IPS POD drives w/ joystick & thriusters? So you don't need to
know how to dock a boat?
Bill
 
I haven't really looked at newer boats in years -- but is this typical? I look at all that glass and have to wonder what would happen in anything approaching serious chop -- not so much swells, but the kind of confused water that knocks you around pretty good. It just looks like there'd be some racking in the topsides structure under those conditions, which if nothing else would make that big slider a problem.
 
Terribly bad design. Unbelievable that they could sell boats like that, with such major design flaws, to people that somehow have that much money while being dumb enough to not recognize bad boat design.
 
For some years now boats have been designed by "designers" ( think Project Runway ), rather than by boaters and those who maintain boats. The results are somewhat predictable: they look great in the marketing flyers, and are impossible to maintain ( and are often unsuitable for any known maritime usage! )

Imho... ;)
 
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Originally posted by CurrentSea

Gee I thought I was joking!

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OK, that's just silly. Can you imagine maintaining something like that? And what happens when they don't deploy -- Oh, I know, you get the good old fenders out, and then discover there's nowhere to tie them off.
 
Boats today arent being designed by "boaters"

People today want a pretty boat.

Id never by a new boat today. I think 90% of the models are disgusting.
 
Guys, real captains don't need rubrails- they NEVER touch the dock or pilings! What's with you all- can't you back a boat into a slip without touching the dock or pilings? ;)

lol- obviously kidding.
 
I don't think them designer boats would even survive long enough where you are to be towed :)
 
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Originally posted by BoatCrazy

Boats today arent being designed by "boaters"

People today want a pretty boat.

Id never by a new boat today. I think 90% of the models are disgusting.

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Nothing like the old classic lines.....those are boats!
 
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Originally posted by PascalG

I don't think them designer boats would even survive long enough where you are to be towed :)

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Not sure rescue and assistance would really be the compassionate thing to do, boat that ugly...
 
The owner of my marina is a dealer for these Fairline "things". I don't see it why would anyone
spend the kind of money these new Fairline vessels fetch?
These cost some serious coin. I also think they have a very cold feel to the interior.
Bill
 
The cold feel is pretty standard these days. Lots of light color woods, alum, etc

Overall They re not bad looking boats and they are built pretty well which makes such screw ups even more aggravating
 
Where there any scratches on those sections? If not, maybe it's a non-issue.

Also do the rub rails below them near the water line stick out passed them at all? If they do those would seem to keep the hull off the pilings. Of course you can always hang a couple of fenders off the railing above the sections.
 
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