Randy, I have aluminum toerails on my M17, and I clip fenders to them with carabiners, clips which seem to be ubiquitous and available anywhere (including West Marine) these days. The carabiners make the fenders very easy to deploy and retrieve. --Craig, chonshell@ia4u.net

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From: Randy Graves

To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats

Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 11:02 AM

Subject: How to handle fenders when single-handed sailing?

Friends,

Does anyone have any good ideas of how to handle the fenders when single-handed sailing? For ease and convenience I have been leaving them attached while under sail. I would like to come up with a handy way to deploy and retrieve without letting the boat get away from me in the process, or having them roll around in the cockpit all day. Any ideas?

Thank you,

Randy Graves