My neighbor lets me keep my dinghy at his dock, so to say thanks I’m giving him a bottle of whisky. I 3d printed these little fenders to go around the bottle.
Posted by Anstigmat@reddit | sailing | View on Reddit | 43 comments

ChadsworthRothschild@reddit
“Eh it’s just a little fender bender.”
Jumpy-Dig5503@reddit
Pity I can’t find a “dad joke” flair. For what it’s worth, take my like.
ChadsworthRothschild@reddit
How’s this?
Singlesailor1963@reddit
Good job! Maybe consider writing comedy lol
caeru1ean@reddit
God damn it. Take my upvote
bryangcrane@reddit
That is very considerate of you! The right way to handle things. Bravo Zulu.
Commercial_Soup2126@reddit
What is Bravo Zulu?
bryangcrane@reddit
"Bravo Zulu" is the maritime way of saying "Good job!"
The "B" (or Bravo) signal flag and the "Z" (or Zulu) signal flag are raised simultaneously to signal to the skipper of the other boat that they had done a good job in the endeavor, whether a race, or a maritime battle, or other exploit, a skipper seeing the command vessel, or the committee boat (in racing), hoist the B & Z flags know they are getting a nice "atta boy"
Hope this helps.
Commercial_Soup2126@reddit
It does! Thanks!
sauerlaender@reddit
Could you give a link for the stl-file?
Dorfbulle80@reddit
Nice but as a sailor it's the wrong drink! Rum is the answer! ;p
rhbvkleef@reddit
This is a really nice present. This is how we keep the sailing world as nice as it is.
Ok_Lengthiness5926@reddit
Nice job and a nice gift, well done on recognising the maritime connection with the choice of whiskey. H'up Donegal Aye!!🤙🧜♀️🦭
JPM3344@reddit
You are excellent, Sailor! Well done.
BenefitOfTheDoubt_01@reddit
I just wanna say,
I appreciate your appreciation.
Fun_Moose_5307@reddit
You could get him one of those stereotypical sailor caps to go with it
Lunacy4Fun@reddit
Good man.
arcimbo1do@reddit
I don't know that whiskey as I usually prefer a whisky but I would be happy with that gift. Bravo.
Bozhark@reddit
Guess who just made a lil hustle
a-von-neumann-probe@reddit
Did you print them in TPU so they squish like real fenders? Would be a neat detail if you did!
Anstigmat@reddit (OP)
I’m really quite a novice 3D printer. I have a Bambu X1C and enough info to mess up a print 3 or 4 times before I get it right.
overthehillhat@reddit
The Bad news is
he still probably needs help
with heavy maintenance once in a while
Arthur_Chris_Rose@reddit
Is that a haiku?
overthehillhat@reddit
It seems to be
something it is not - but
I Hadn't thought about it
No-Knowledge-3046@reddit
Well you won't have any trouble printing with TPU (a stiff rubber filament) with a good printer like an X1C. You just need to load the filament separately and not use the AMS (TPU doesn't play well with the ams), but the bambu wiki covers doing it so it's easy.
https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/x1/manual/switch-from-ams-to-spool-holder
NorbertIsAngry@reddit
Fender key chain floats exist, made out of vinyl just like real fenders.
https://www.westmarine.com/search?q=key+chain+fender
Quick-Sherbert-2744@reddit
Oh how cool!
starkruzr@reddit
this is such a great idea.
empire_of_the_moon@reddit
This is what neighbors are meant to be like. Sometimes we forget that this is the real world not doom scrolling.
a_RandomSquirrel@reddit
Oh this is a great idea. I'm definitely going to do this should I ever have the occasion.
DocTaotsu@reddit
Hah1 That's awesome and classy. Maybe next year you can hide a bottle opener
InspectorAccurate956@reddit
A true gentleman if ever there was one
LaundryMan2008@reddit
Also a 3DBenchy to go along with it sized appropriately to the fenders
Free-Literature-8500@reddit
Awesome, have the files?
Anstigmat@reddit (OP)
They were on Thingverse! Just search for fenders. Lots of options actually.
crazyswedishguy@reddit
Otherwise these are super easy to model in Blender.
GalFisk@reddit
It's a fender, Blender!
Li54@reddit
Love the fenders
rileydogdad1@reddit
That is brilliant. Very creative and a very considerate thank you. Awesome.
Ok_Split_6463@reddit
That's awesome
jh937hfiu3hrhv9@reddit
Now you can ask to raft up to his bottle.
FredIsAThing@reddit
Love it!
baconboy-957@reddit
That's pretty classy, 10/10 would let you use my dock if I had one