Taco Marine Quick Release Pin
 

Quick Release Receiver

Any Cig owners use these? I'm looking for pros/cons and where you mounted them. Is there enough room in the 4-5" semi horizontal space above the rub rail to use a fender effectively? Mounting them vertical on the deck seems logical, but unsightly in my opinion. My Checkmate has the bow rail along the edge which was perfect for the fender line, but even then I sometimes had to tie the line short so the fender would cushion the boats rub rail to rub rail. Cigs have the bow rail in the center, can this be used to tie off a fender? The Bullet is new to me and have no experience in a raft up with it, but the headliner is going in soon and now is the time.

Edit with a question- It has a spring loaded hole cover - will it ever leak?

There's no other feeling like drilling a 3/4" hole in the side of your boat.

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I had the loop style pins on the cafe racer. They were cool. I wasn't worried about them leaking really and they didn't have a "cap" over the hole when the pin wasn't in I didn't like the fact the lines were pre tied on. Fine for docking as most docks align at the same spot. but like you said, side tying sometimes takes fenders at the rail to avoid rail to rail contact. Can't do it when your fenders are pre determined and can't really tie them to a cleat or something else when there's a huge piece of metal dangling around ready to f*ck some sh!t up on the end of the fender line.

Our current boat has the push / pop out round mushroom looking things to tie the fenders on. Pretty slick. You pop it out and then loop the fender around itself and the weight of the fender keeps it in place or you can do a quick loop / pull to secure it better. Point is, you can lower or raise to wherever you want pretty quickly. And if you REALLY wanted to make it easy you could tie a loop knot in the fender line permanently to hand them at dock Hight quick and easy and then easily raise or lower them by looping manually if you're side tied or whatever. Bottom line, I like the ones I have now much better over the standard pin cleats or pin cleats with metal loop.

I have them on my boat

I don't like the pin cleats, as you have a hard metal pin swinging wild on your fender line when you are moving them around. That leads to paint and gel chips, especially with those that don't realize they are there. You can't just toss the fenders on the bow, in the cockpit, or throw one to someone during a rush or in case of emergency. If separate points for fenders are required, I definately prefer the mushroom cleats.

But before you do anything, are you sure you need them? I can see where the cleats are JUST above the rub rail. BUT, if you get the HTM fenders, and maybe 3/8" diameter fender lines, you can likely put them over the dock line on the cleat, and still have everything work fine.

For rails I really like the quick adjustability of the Folbe clips. Just make sure you get the right size for your fender lines dia. And for non rail areas I like the spring loaded mushroom style cleats. As said before, you don't have a heavy object dangling from a fender that will damage the boat. Both of these options come in different color options as well.

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I have used the adjustable ones in the first pic on both of my boats they work awesome and also can be used on pop up cleats with dock lines at the same time. New boat has some pins in it but I don't use them due to the possibility of scratching things if people (everyone but me) are careless.

I've had regular cleats, mushroom style, and pin cleats. As noted above, I'd avoid the pin cleats at all costs. It's not happened on my boat, but I've been there plenty of times to see or hear a pin cleat hit the deck of a boat.

Boating all over the country, all docks are unique to the areas. In Michigan, you need to hang fenders horizontally as there are dock poles that stick out (This renders pin cleats useless). In other areas you can do either or.

Just the fact alone of not having a hard metal object fawking up my boat would keep me from having them. YMMV.

Thanks for the replies. The mushroom pop up looks like a better option, I'll order one to see how I like it.

Boat came with them , to adjust length I use the cleat right next to the pin cleat.
I`ve tried everything but with these even thou I`m not crazy about the heavy pin but they do stay in. I have a buddy who uses em to tie off his 50 Outerlimits .. he has no other cleats.
I know if I`m tied up they are not coming out and Im not going to lose a fender . The black ones in the other post have slipped off one too many times.


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