Unless 'pastic' is some kind of alloy ! :)
Sawing pastic
Jan 01, 1970
Last reply: 2 years ago
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Tim+ snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.youkay> wrote in news:355604635.736862904.664011.timdownieuk- snipped-for-privacy@news.individual.net:
I found nothing at all ambiguous in your original post, cleary stated as plastic and easily recognisable as a pier impact protector even if 'fender' is not the technically correct term.
That sums it up pretty well. The pier is pretty impervious to damage from most boats, but it saves the boat from harm.
Sam Plusnet snipped-for-privacy@home.com wrote in news:kpU_N.116312$ snipped-for-privacy@fx18.iad:
I think it's actually a bit of both, a big ship can do a lot of damage to a berth if it has not come fully to rest before making contact:
BS 6349-4:1994 (withdrawn 2014) Maritime structures — Part 4: Code of practice for design Section 2. Fendering
4.3 Overall design The function of the fendering system is to protect the berth structure against damage from ships approaching, lying alongside or leaving the berth and to limit the reactive forces on the ship’s hull to acceptable values.Anyway, bored now . . .
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