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Features & Benefits
- TideMinders accept up to 1" line
- TideMinders have a 3" diameter
- TideMinders protect lines against fouling and chafing
- TideMinders eliminate the need to constantly adjust lines during storms and tidal changes
- TideMinders allow you to have shorter dock lines, keeping your boat closer to the dock for easier boarding
- TideMinders float
- TideMinders work with multiple boats simultaneously
- TideMinders are highly durable
Johnny Manson
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2024
These are fantastic. They haven’t come out of the saltwater, where they’re wrapped around 2 pilings, in 2 years and they still look and function like new. If you don’t tie up to a floating dock, you need these.
Joel
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2024
Works great for the piling dock lines. The boat now stays centered in the slip. The other 2 dock lines are on dock cleats, and long spring lines are still tied on the pilings. Bought 3 sets of 9 between 2 large pilings. This is a 41' ketch sailboat with 5/8" dock lines. Using the double figure 8 is a stronger knot than a bowline.
DCatSea
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2024
Using these as on bow lines, on the Potomac River where current and tides are supplemented by "go fasts" going too fast in a No Wake zone. They work very well to ease shock from sudden wave actions.Very easy to install using 5/8 double braid lines bought separately at WM. Highly recommended.
Torchiara
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2022
These tide minders were the best $55 (x3) I ever spent. I could only put them on one side of my boat because the other side had a dock attached to the pilings. I used 3 sets on 2 pilings so I could have more roller balls since my pilings are thick. They worked just as good or better than my neighbors $429 (x4 plus installation costs) tide slides. My boat survived a 4 day Noreaster storm with 60mph wind gusts and huge swells/waves where my boat was docked at the mouth of the bay where my canal starts. The boat was being violently moved back and forth, but the tide minders did an amazing rolling up and down with the swells. I have had them for almost 6 months and would recommend them to anyone.
LauraJK
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2021
I recently purchased two sets (9 balls each) of Tideminders for fore and aft mooring to pilings. The issue we were having was that our gunnels are very high and the cleats on our boat are 5' and 6' respectively, above the level of the cleats on the dock, so the "pull" was more vertical than horizontal. The Tideminders alleviated that issue well, only necessitating cleaning the pilings of large amounts of marine growth to allow the balls to roll well.The main issue I ran into is that 9 balls/piling IS NOT SUFFICIENT to prevent chaffing of the mooring line against the piling in the vicinity of the figure 8 knots. I had to purchase a third set of Tideminder balls in order to adequately protect the mooring line from rubbing against the pilings.9 balls may well work with really small pilings, but I ended up using up using 13 and 14 balls respectively to adequately protect two mooring lines used on two pilings. The sets should be sold in a MINIMUM quantity of 12 balls for the smallest of pilings I can find in my area. Other than that, I have been pleased with my purchase.
Bob423
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2016
We were preparing for hurricane Matthew in a well protected marina but we were more concerned with storm surge. The piling system was high enough but the tie offs had to ride up and down with the surge of 5 to 10 ft. The only way to do that was to let the tie offs ride up and down the pilings. A simple bowline around the piling didn't work, the line caught on the rough wood. The Tide Minders were a perfect solution. They have good heft and pull on the line and also provide a rolling action to enable the tie off to freely travel the vertical distance on the piling. They are made of solid, dense plastic with a hole in the middle for the line. They come shipped 9 to a box which was plenty for a piling. You have to add your own line.
John M
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2015
We moor our 47' sailboat in a creek with 8' tides and can't tie directly to pilings. The TideMinders, as shipped and installed per the instructions, did not work at all with my boat on my dock. They tended to bind on the pilings as the tide changed and dragged the bow down before jumping loose, especially with a constant load and no wave action to periodically release tension. However, with some simple and cheap modifications, they work perfectly. First, install a spreader bar to hold the lines leading from the balls to the boat at the same width as the piling. This keeps the lines from pulling the balls tght against the piling under load. I used a treated 2x2 about 18" long, with holes spaced at 15" to pass the lines. On top of the spreader I mounted a 15" section of 2" PVC pipe, capped at each end to act as a float. This floats the balls, lines, and spreader up on rising tides, and provides some weight to drop everything on a falling tide. Prior to these mods, the TideMinders constantly bound up, and after the mods thay never bound up. It's simple, inexpensive, quick, effective, and preferable to extremely expensive stainless steel sliders.
Paul Halvorsen
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2015
They do not work as stated in the video
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