Slammer Marine
Dock corners take the hardest hits during docking. A boat approaching at any angle other than parallel will find the corner before it finds the dock face. Slammer Marine corner dock fenders wrap that 90-degree intersection so the corner stops being the weakest point on the dock. Left, Right, and Inside Corner versions interlock with straight fender sections to create seamless perimeter protection. Custom angles are available for non-standard dock geometries.
On a typical residential or marina dock, the straight runs of dock face absorb most contact during routine docking. The corners absorb most damage. A boat coming into a slip that swings even a few degrees off-line will contact the corner first, and the corner concentrates that impact into a single point on the hull. Gelcoat cracks, fiberglass chips, and bent stainless rub rails are far more often caused by corner contact than by broadside contact.
The corner is also the hardest point to protect with traditional hanging fenders. A hanging fender swings off the boat in a vertical line. It cannot wrap a corner. The result is that boat owners using hanging fenders are often unprotected exactly at the point on the dock where they need protection most.
Corner dock fenders solve this by wrapping the 90-degree intersection in a purpose-built fender section. The corner profile is the same tear-shape as the Standard Fender on its respective product line, engineered with a mitered inside angle so two sections of fender meet at the corner with no gap.
A typical dock has more than one type of corner. The corner where the main dock turns to become a finger pier is an outside corner. The corner where two dock sections meet to create a slip is an inside corner. The corner at the seaward end of a T-head can be either a left or right outside corner depending on which way the dock is oriented.
Slammer Marine corner fenders are sold in three configurations:
Custom angles other than 90 degrees can be manufactured for non-standard dock geometries (130-degree angles, octagonal docks, and similar). Contact Slammer Marine directly for custom configurations.
Same tear-shaped 9-inch by 6-inch profile as the Standard Fender, engineered for corner installation. Interlocks with Standard Fender sections to create seamless straight-to-corner protection. The right answer for marina slips, fuel dock corners, T-head ends, and most residential dock corners.
The corner version of the Small Fender at 5-inch by 3-inch. Pairs with Small Fender straight sections for sailing schools, dinghy docks, and residential docks with smaller boats.
Corner version of the Fleece Fender with Polartec heavy-loft fleece cover. The premium choice for owners of finished hulls who need the softest possible contact at the corner where most gelcoat damage actually happens.
Corner fenders have a diagonal mitered cut at one end that adds roughly 6 inches of physical material beyond the coverage length. Slammer Marine sells and advertises corner fenders by coverage length, not physical length. A 40-inch corner fender protects 40 inches of dock face but is physically about 46 inches end-to-end. An 80-inch corner protects 80 inches of dock face and is physically about 86 inches. This is consistent across the Standard Corner, Small Corner, and Fleece Corner product lines.
