pac
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I think that two should be fine if you know the berth and know it is long enough so both fenders will make contact with the pontoon. In dodgy weather (wind/tide) even then it might not be guaranteed that you will be able to get the entire boat into the berth before contact. Also in unfamiliar berthing situations again you might not always be able to get it to berth exactly as you want to.
In spite of photos that have appeared on the forum to the contrary (where I had 8 out on a 21ft boat  ) I always want 4. It covers for most eventualities then and if one misses or rides up then you are still generally safe.
If it is windy or there is a strong tide running I put them out the other side too, generally higher, on the rub-strip. Then, if I miss my berth and get blown onto the boat in the berth next door, no harm is done and no panic necessary... just gently lean on the fenders, walk ashore with ropes and rope her in. Again, I use 4 that side too (hence the need for 8 in total!!! ).
No obsession really but no one wants a damaged boat from a parking mistake when a fender can prevent it.
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jfm
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Loc: London/Antibes
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Yup, agreed hlb, 2 is fine if mooring to a striaght quai. Often 3 get stuck on my boat, but I agree you only need 2. I only have 10 fenders (6 big 4 small) on the boat and don't see the need for more. I can't believe Daka's 27 on a 33 footer!
Mike the curly wire looks like the cable for the (not tidied away) remote for the flybr crane. That's a big ferretti, a 68 or a 76 or 830 or something. Beautiful boats but possibly the worst flybr dashboards in production today :-)
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hlb
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Loc: Any Pub Cornwall or Devon
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It's Debs that's got us down to two, hates standing on the side deck fastening them, does it if she has to though.. With the amount of fenders I buy, I should have about 97, but some how I still have two 20 year old ones and another 5. Only ever used four max in Plymouth, alongside berth with a liveaboard next door, that never moved. Need a few more in Conwy though. Got one of Kwackers apprentices next door. 
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mikef
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Beautiful boats but possibly the worst flybr dashboards in production today :-)
Yup, agree with that and have said before on this forum that Ferretti helms, both the helm itself and the seat are generally crap. For a prime example try the fly helm seat on the new 510 which is a £1m+ boat. For the life of me I cannot understand this because the rest of the boat is designed and built to a v high standard. I can only think that Italian builders have a mentality which assumes that the hired skipper is going to be driving the boat so no need to make him comfy or bother with ergonomics. There's also this Ferretti thing of styling the flybridge to reduce apparent height which means that the seating and mouldings are low
It's the one major criticism of my boat that I have. The rest of it is v good so much so that my next boat will very likely be another Ferretti
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Gavi
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Reged: 01/06/2006
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Loc: Sunny Staines
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She's a 68. there are uglier boats...
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