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Originally Posted by Green's Basin Girl
I googled the definition of a snubber and I am still confused. What exactly is a snubber????
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I never knew what one was until I saw it at Sports & Marine many years ago during there end of season blowout sale. Since then my wife and I always use them to tie up when rafting.
In a nut shell it turns your dock line into a bungee cord or rubber band which absorbs most of the stress of the boats rocking in rough water.
It is a real cleat saver and honestly should be a required item at all marinas as it really cuts down on the stress to both the boat and the dock posts in waves and rough weather.
But then again a lot of boaters don’t know that you should always tie your boat to the lowest point on the dock post to cut down on stress to the post.
I have a friend who has at 50’s era 30’ Chris Craft and he could not thank us enough when be gave him a gift of 2 large ones.
There are different sizes but if you are looking to use it at the dock and it will always be there then go big and don’t leave a lot of slack in the line. Also I found the more times you wrap the line around the snubber the more line you have to work with in flexing.