Hi,
Just recently arrived in New Zealand after sailing from Europe and would like to ask kiwis why not deploying fenders is so common here.
In Europe it's unheard of to not deploy fenders both for your own boat and for others in case a small mistake ends up in contact.
But here in NZ I find i’m often fending off kiwi boats coming into the adjacent berths without any fenders down, It’s become infuriating.
Yesterday a big aluminium work boat came in trying to squeeze into my double berth with no fenders down , I shouted at them to deploy their fenders and they le