ADJUSTABLE MARINE FENDER HOLDER

Varying implementations of adjustable marine fender holders are disclosed, which may receive a length of rope and hold it in place so that a marine fender may be adjusted to a desired height and then fixed in place without having to untie or retie the length of rope. Holders include a friction fit feature for engaging with a nautical cleat, and a rope channel through which a rope may be passed so that a proximal end of the rope may be wedged into a set of teeth or ridges to hold the rope in place. Another holder includes a single wedged arm that may be wedged underneath a cross bar of a cleat. Yet another holder includes a collapsible friction pad that may be wedged into a cleat. Yet another holder includes a compressible friction pad that may be wedged into a cleat.