American Help Required...

[Hugh Manatee]

...If you call mudguards fenders, what are those white cushiony things that you hang off boats to stop them scraping themselves when moored against a wall called across the Atlantic?

This question has been bothering me more greatly than it should.

 

[Drago]

Tampons.

 

[welsh dragon]

Bumpers or fenders.

 

[Moon bunny]

Fenders.

...a wall called across the Atlantic?

This conjured up an image of someone standing on the coast of New York with a really big megaphone shouting for a wall to come over from Ireland.#grammarpedants

 

[classic33]

...If you call mudguards fenders, what are those white cushiony things that you hang off boats to stop them scraping themselves when moored against a wall called across the Atlantic?

This question has been bothering me more greatly than it should.

Painted tires

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Painted tires

I like your touch. Tires there, tyres here.

 

[hopless500]

...If you call mudguards fenders, what are those white cushiony things that you hang off boats to stop them scraping themselves when moored against a wall called across the Atlantic?

This question has been bothering me more greatly than it should.

fenders

 

[Paulus]

These are called fenders

 

[biggs682]

Tampons.

@Drago just how did I guess someone would give that answer

 

[Over The Hill]

a bunch of stuff

 

[Gravity Aided]

Fenders:
Fender - a cushion made of rope, rubber, or inflatable plastic hung over the sides to keep boats from banging into docks or each other when docking or berthed. Don't call them "Bumpers" unless you want to get laughed at.
from:
http://www.photographers1.com/Sailing/NauticalTerms&Nomenclature.html#F
which has most of the terms per American usage, and is mostly correct, IIRC.

 

[ayceejay]

aren't they buoys pronounced booeees?

 

[Hitchington]

...If you call mudguards fenders, what are those white cushiony things that you hang off boats to stop them scraping themselves when moored against a wall called across the Atlantic?

Testicles

 

[mybike]

These are tyres.

 

[Cheddar George]

aren't they buoys pronounced booeees?

This week on the holiday programme we join Chuck D and Flavor Flav as they enjoy a boating weekend on the Norfolk Broads.