Am I as bad as the other selfish raggies ?

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We are spending a night at anchor amongst 20 or so raggies, we are the only mobo.
It has been busy all day with lots of wash from boats coming and going but by 1900hrs it settled down until a skier came through the anchorage weaving in and out of the boats.
There was a bit of wash but nothing very significant and it was great to see the athlete wake jumping so close.
Now my neighbouring raggie mates were not so impressed, out of 20 I think 15 had some sort of obscenity to shout and I also got carried away in the heat of the moment :o .

Alright |I admit I enjoyed watching the acrobat but would have preferred not to have had the wake issue but on reflection I can see the problem, it is rough out in the bay and the anchorage is smooth and ideal for skiing.

So is is right that a group of 20 of us can pick on a minority in this way ?
What gives us the right to anchor in the middle of the best water skiing area ?

And while on the subject, can I start my generator ?
I was here first and they didnt have to anchor so close did they ;)
 
TROLL ALERT!!

Hi Daka,
Good to hear you are out & about.

Can you explain to me why water-skiers want to create their own wakes in smooth water & where boats are anchored, when there are loads more waves to jump in the rougher water?

Starting your genny will be a waste of time unless you are upwind of teh poor defenceless Raggies.
 
Troll alert ;)

Thanks searush :D


Serious question though, I guess it is too rough in the bay to ski, and we are anchored in the calm bit.

He must be annoyed !

What gives us the right the complain at him when we are anchored in the calm skiing area .
 
If you thought the raggies oscenities towards the skier were bad, wait until the tide or wind shifts and they start swinging on the anchor, the racket from the all the skippers lips flapping, questioning who is the stand on vessel and who should give way will get quite alarming in volume. Especially if they have opened the Pusser's.

Of course they will be right to argue cos, I'll wager there will be nary a single anchor ball on display.

:D
 
Well, I cant see why he needs to weave in and out of the anchored boats. It would have been more polite to have ski-ed on the outskirts of where the boats were anchored, but its a fair point... the anchored boats dont own the anchorage, though you might argue there is a safety aspect too.
Are you sure the raggies werent cheering at his skills?
 
What about children?

As someone who swings both ways (raggie & mobo) often an opportunity to anchor is an opportunity to get kids off the boat and into the dinghy (sometimes tethered to the boat) for a row around. Additionally anchoring and then getting the dinghy out to go ashore is a pleasure enjoyed by many.

Generally most boats approaching an anchorage do so at a reasonable speed to select their spot and prepare for dropping the hook. How would the speed boat or skier be able to react when confronted with a small dinghy laden with adults or children that may, due to being relatively low in the water, just suddenly appear from around a boat!

Personally I think water skiers and the likes of jet skis have no place within an anchorage, on the outskirts fine!
 
MERRY_MARY said:
Personally I think water skiers and the likes of jet skis have no place within an anchorage, on the outskirts fine!
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As someone who has waterskied and owns a fast boat, I would certainly agree that anchorages are not the place to travel at any kind of speed and certainly you shouldn't be slaloming through anchored boats.

However, where I used to waterski in the UK there was an area that was the designated water ski zone. The local waterski club had a slalom course and a jump layed out. This didn't stop the local dick head sailing instructor (and former mental patient as it happens) from teaching people to sail in the water ski zone and then getting angry with the speed boats for doing just that when he was trying to teach people sail. :D
 
we get this all the time in the Ionian where there is an added safety issue in that boats at anchor have people, especially kids, swimmng around the boat all the time. Ski boats - often towing holiday maker beginners - so no skills to admire, use the anchored boats as a slalom course and are totally immune to verbal requests, polite or otherwise. This is still the case if the open sea is flat calm and perfectly good to ski. It seems the obstacle course of the anchored boats is actually the main attraction for them.
 
Just a thought, but if all the boats that are being 'buzzed' by said skiier had lines linking them all together, a bit like a loose cats craddle.......... well lets just say it might slow them down a bit??


;)
 
paultallett said:
Just a thought, but if all the boats that are being 'buzzed' by said skiier had lines linking them all together, a bit like a loose cats craddle.......... well lets just say it might slow them down a bit??


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Does razor wire rust in the maritime environment?
 
Searush said:
Can you explain to me why water-skiers want to create their own wakes in smooth water & where boats are anchored, when there are loads more waves to jump in the rougher water?
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I never thought that someone could see it from this perspective, but coming to think of it, I can see why if you're not familiar with waterski you could be wondering about that.
Firstly, with waterski (either mono or twin) you actually don't want ANY wake at all. The wake produced by tournament skiboats at the speed they're designed to run (36mph) is ridiculously low and smooth. I mean, measurable in inches - and just a few of them.
With wakeboards (which as I understand is what DAKA is talking about) the story is different, because you do need a wake. But a single, predictable one, with smooth waters around it.
Either ways, for different reasons, any rough waters (even slightly rough) are always useless for towing a skier.

All that said, I'm surprised to hear about someone towing a skier in an anchorage area.
That would be penally prosecutable around here - and for good reasons.
 
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DAKA said:
We are spending a night at anchor amongst 20 or so raggies, we are the only mobo.
It has been busy all day with lots of wash from boats coming and going but by 1900hrs it settled down until a skier came through the anchorage weaving in and out of the boats.
There was a bit of wash but nothing very significant and it was great to see the athlete wake jumping so close.
Now my neighbouring raggie mates were not so impressed, out of 20 I think 15 had some sort of obscenity to shout and I also got carried away in the heat of the moment :o .

Alright |I admit I enjoyed watching the acrobat but would have preferred not to have had the wake issue but on reflection I can see the problem, it is rough out in the bay and the anchorage is smooth and ideal for skiing.

So is is right that a group of 20 of us can pick on a minority in this way ?
What gives us the right to anchor in the middle of the best water skiing area ?

And while on the subject, can I start my generator ?
I was here first and they didnt have to anchor so close did they ;)
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DAKA You crack me up!!!:D:D:D:D I can add a post now I've stopped laughing!

A couple of years ago at anchor in the South of France, a water skier appeared and thought we would all appreciate a demonstration of his 'athletic wake jumping' (as DAKA would put it:rolleyes:). He had worked his way into the anchorage, and had only been impressing us (not:D) for about 5 mins, when a uniformed crew member on a motor cruiser of about 100ft in length appeared on deck and blew a whistle, loudly! just as the ski boat was passing, something in French was barked at the ski boater, who gathered up his skier and bu99ered off a bit sharpish.

Maybe its only DAKA who likes 'athletic wake jumping' in a quiet anchorage!! LOL!!
 
All that said, I'm surprised to hear about someone towing a skier in an anchorage area.
That would be penally prosecutable around here - and for good reasons.
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It seems de rigueur off Priory Bay and Osborne Bay, off Isle Of Wight. Most at anchor arent watching in awe, but to see if the skier will get tangled with the jet skis coming through the anchorage at 75kpm
 
Raggies will complain about anything. Its their mentality. I was once asked to stop smoking a fine Montechristo cigar late at night because the smoke was drifting across the anchorage to the boat next door. Needless to say I ignored the request. In fact I started the gennie to mask the smell of the cigar
 
Deleted User said:
Raggies will complain about anything. Its their mentality. I was once asked to stop smoking a fine Montechristo cigar late at night because the smoke was drifting across the anchorage to the boat next door. Needless to say I ignored the request. In fact I started the gennie to mask the smell of the cigar
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But Deleted User, you MoBos are even worse, I have had complaints about my Farting & snoring all night & about the fact that my fenders squeak against their hull. These are simple facts of life, like the tides & winds, that one cannot prevent.

Whereas passive smoking & exhaust gasses KILL people, farts are a natural phenomenon that actually harm no-one. Perhaps I would need to pee on your cigar to offer an equal threat, hmm, that could be a good plan.
 
Searush said:
But Deleted User, you MoBos are even worse, I have had complaints about my Farting & snoring all night & about the fact that my fenders squeak against their hull. These are simple facts of life, like the tides & winds, that one cannot prevent.

Whereas passive smoking & exhaust gasses KILL people, farts are a natural phenomenon that actually harm no-one. Perhaps I would need to pee on your cigar to offer an equal threat, hmm, that could be a good plan.
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Oh how wrong you are. Dont you realise that farting realeases toxic methane and CO2 gases into the air which as we all know from the science that dare not speak its name on this forum, is killing the world? If you were a responsible boater, you would only fart in a controlled environment in which your toxic emissions could be captured or catalytically cleaned
 
Deleted User said:
Oh how wrong you are. Dont you realise that farting realeases toxic methane and CO2 gases into the air which as we all know from the science that dare not speak its name on this forum, is killing the world? If you were a responsible boater, you would only fart in a controlled environment in which your toxic emissions could be captured or catalytically cleaned
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I really do believe both you and searush should get together. Its just possible you could ignite his farts, if as you say they are methane, with your cigar, this will surely solve the 9l08al warming issue. Also, with the fart and your cigar mixing, no one will know which is which! Seeemple
 
galadriel said:
I really do believe both you and searush should get together. Its just possible you could ignite his farts, if as you say they are methane, with your cigar, this will surely solve the 9l08al warming issue. Also, with the fart and your cigar mixing, no one will know which is which! Seeemple
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Mmm I think thats wasting a potentially huge energy source. If Searush's farts are as consistent and powerful as he would have us believe, he could point his backside judiciously in the direction of his mainsail and possibly power his own boat with his own gaseous emissions? I think I've just saved the planet:)
 
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