Yes, it certainly is poor seamanship. Fenders should be either used
or stowed. They should never be sitting on deck.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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the fender on the sidedeck is very poor seamanship,
I cannot figure out what that pile of string on the coachroof is
I'm surprised at the level of heel in such a light breeze

The fender on deck is certainly "not" very poor seamanship. Wrong.
You can't figure out the pile of "string" even after I identified it?
Level of heel is correct as she's just to put the boat to starboard so the
sun
would be abeam. So wrong again.

RB