Slammer Marine
Slammer Marine fleece dock fenders swap the standard PVC outer cover for Polartec heavy-loft fleece, the softest contact surface in the Slammer lineup. The fleece is sized for owners of fiberglass boats with show-quality gelcoat, varnished wood hulls, and other finished surfaces where the gentlest possible contact matters more than the cost or longevity of a PVC cover. Both straight and corner versions share the same foam core, mounting track, and modular construction as the rest of the Slammer system.
The PVC-coated marine fabric used on the rest of the Slammer line is the right cover material for almost every dock installation. PVC stands up to sun, salt, and abrasion for five to seven years. It holds color through heavy traffic. It is the right answer for fuel docks, marina slips, and high-impact applications. What PVC is not, however, is soft. A PVC cover contacted thousands of times by a fiberglass hull will eventually leave witness marks on a freshly-waxed gelcoat surface.
Polartec heavy-loft fleece is the gentlest contact surface that can be field-tested as a marine fender cover. The fleece pile gives under contact and rebounds cleanly, leaving no scuff or burnish on the hull underneath. For owners who have just had a hull refinished, who run a varnished wood boat, or who keep a show-quality gelcoat surface clean enough to read in, the fleece cover removes the last source of cosmetic wear from the dock.
The fleece line shares its foundation with the Standard line. The foam core is the same 2-pound XLPE closed-cell foam. The mounting track is the same polymer extrusion with stainless steel deck screws. The internal cover sleeve is the same construction. The only thing that changes is the outer material: Polartec heavy-loft fleece replaces 30-ounce PVC-coated marine fabric. That means the fleece installs into the same track as the rest of the system, holds the same foam, and can be replaced individually when the fleece itself wears out. The track stays. The foam stays. Only the cover gets swapped.
This is the practical advantage of the modular system on the fleece line specifically. The fleece does not last as long as PVC under UV exposure. When a fleece cover finally fades or compresses, the replacement is a new fleece cover, not a new fender.
The Fleece line is a private-dock premium product. It is not the right choice for several common installations.
The right Fleece customer is a residential dock owner who keeps a fiberglass or finished hull, runs the boat seasonally or for personal use, and removes the fenders for winter storage when necessary. For commercial and high-traffic applications, see the Standard Fenders category.
The Fleece line ships in two configurations matched to the Standard line’s geometry. The Fleece Fender mounts horizontally along the dock face. The Fleece Corner Fender wraps a 90-degree dock intersection, with Left, Right, and Inside Corner versions available. Both interlock with each other and with Standard Fender straight sections, so a dock can mix Standard fenders on lower-priority faces and Fleece on the high-value contact zones near where the boat actually ties up. For configuration help on corner selection, see the corner dock fenders category.
Because the fleece outer cover wears faster than PVC, replacement fleece covers are a regular maintenance item on this product line. Slammer Marine stocks Fleece Cover (40″ / 80″ / 120″), 80″ Fleece Cover, and Fleece Corner Cover SKUs as individual replacement parts. Owners can refresh a faded or worn fleece cover in 15 minutes per section without removing the track from the dock. All fleece replacement covers are listed at dock fender covers.
