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We spent a lovely afternoon at anchor in Priory Bay yesterday - however, our enjoyment and I suspect the enjoyment of others anchored there was spoilt by several ribs towing wake boarders and inflatables through the middle of the boats anchored. The were driven by middle age men primarily towing their kids. They'd go round again and again causing a lot of wash naturally. I really don't see what they have to drive through anchored boats when they could move a little further out and have a lot more room at not bother anyone. I'm all for people enjoying their boats with their families but a little consideration wouldn't go amiss. We got so pee'd off with them in the end that we left.

Anyone else share this view/experience or am I being a grumpy git?
 
No your not , courtesy and common sense are a thing if the past mate .
Obviously there not aware of the accident last year when someone lost there life showing off to there friend.
Accidents always happen when you least expect it , nothing can be policed so people go about there day how they see fit.
Alum bay has always been my favourite.
 
Seems the norm in Priory Bay..agreed that is annoying but it happens so much it now seems to be common practice. Wait for the jet skiis to join in !
 
We occasionally get it in the SoF -just a you describe + disturbes one,s afternoon knapp .
In certain anchorages there's a patrols from maritime agencies --but alas must be PT or staffing issues ,not every day .
Although I did see a guy (and family ) get "done " recently .
Had just packed up from towing his kids as you describe ,but was going waaaay to fast through the bay .
He was blue lighted and pulled up .
A lot of paper work was done in full view of the rest of us all looking on and they made all the pax put on like jackets .
It seemed a thorough kit check .
There was not enough Jackets for the two family's 8-10 pax .But the officialdom guys were holding a kid who was trying to wear an abvious adult jacket that was far too big .
More paper work .It was French on French too .
Lessons absorbed from me
1- speeding
2 -make sure all you safety kit tallys with the No of folks on board
3- if small kids ---correct size jacket .
I have 8 adult and 2 small kids , was thinking about giving the kids away as my two are @ Uni , but I think I will keep them .
You never know if a guest is gonna turn up with "baggage "
In Fr there's a list ,a bit old fashioned --stuff like horn ,signal mirror bailing bucket and much more-like flares n jackets -it's a one size fits all .
So you never know if you $hit with them how much of the book they could throw ??
All Fr. supose to have a "permit d Mer " even jet skiers .I realise in Uk waters as Uk citizens there no official enforceable standard --all the RYA is voluntary .
Any how helluva lot of form filling done to that guy .

So no you are not a G oG
 
Not your not. Grown up yobs still desire an 'audience' hence they come close to the shore especially beaches or where there are people on boats to watch their 'look at me' I've a small brain but a big head.
 
Switch, the way the tides were yesterday one had to anchor quite a away off the beach if you arrived around midday, the issue came in the later in afternoon when the sand banks had sufficient water over them for the ribs etc to play. It was slightly annoying given you would need to re-anchor closer to shore to help mitigate the wake attack from all sides but hay-ho. I'm only in to my second season on the Solent, previously Dartmouth, and the attitude taken by some of people on the water is the 'every man for himself' approach, so the ribs buzzing around close to anchored boats unfortunately didn't come as much of a surprise - shame really.
 
i am not sure what the rules are in other places and/or how far from the shore you were, but here in Denmark the law states no planing vessels within 100 meters of the coast line, you are allowed to get off plane and sejl your boat slowly towards the coast and anchor up within this perimeter just like you did and also take a swim if you like .
Then you are in your full right to remind anybody in a planing vessel to go outside the 100 meter from shore perimeter . Some people have taken videos on their mobil phones and submitted them to the police who track the offenders and give them warnings or a fine. These rules are actually very much in focus now due to a recent jetski accident that took the life of a young american turist.
 
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We had Mr Loadsa Money and his entourage doing the same yesterday at Whitecliff Bay, and as a keen Jetski and Watersports enthusiast, I could not work out why they elected to use the area around the anchored boats and not the open areas either side and further out. We were literally only fifty to a hundred metres off shore...

Having witnessed what I believed to be the same Fairline (definitely same model) and Jetrib that I believe were involved in the well known incident doing something similar the day before the actual accident we've all read about, I was extremely concerned that the wake boarder Loadsa Money was pulling had our transom well within his turning arc if he was to lose control...
 
My view is live and let live. Some people like it quiet and tranquil others like it more noisey and frantic. Neither is right. I am certain we all do things that annoy others.
 
Bigplumbs said:
My view is live and let live. Some people like it quiet and tranquil others like it more noisey and frantic. Neither is right. I am certain we all do things that annoy others.
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I agree, however it is going to be "live and let die" if the behaviour of the "Mr. Loadsa Money" pulling his wake boarder ends in a rather expensive hull repair and a quaint funeral....
 
No different to the idiots on the road. There are places to go fast and places not to. A long out of town straight with little traffic and good vision maybe, but through our village or the center of town no. Trouble is the long out of town straight with little traffic does not have the audience they seek to boost their little egos!
 
Bigplumbs said:
My view is live and let live. Some people like it quiet and tranquil others like it more noisey and frantic. Neither is right. I am certain we all do things that annoy others.
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Boolax. :) We have a quiet life style. We don't disturb anyone. Noisy bastards disturb my peace. We do nothing to them ( other than complain about the buggers ) So I am right.
Should be an open season on jet skies that come within 300yds. 7.62 up there jacksie would sort them out :)
 
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My view is live and let live. Some people like it quiet and tranquil others like it more noisey and frantic. Neither is right. I am certain we all do things that annoy others.
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Sorry but I think that is unacceptable............there is a time and place for enjoying a little speed etc and it is not amongst, or close to, anchored boats. Things I do that may annoy others will, hopefully, not increase calls for regulation because another poor unfortunate is killed or seriously injured as a result of somebody being noisey and frantic inappropriately.
 
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2013PrincessV39 said:
I agree, however it is going to be "live and let die" if the behaviour of the "Mr. Loadsa Money" pulling his wake boarder ends in a rather expensive hull repair and a quaint funeral....
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And of course the boat he might crash into might on its own fly on fire and kill many. It is easy to look to the worst case scenario to try and make your point.
 
benchmark said:
Some people have taken videos on their mobil phones and submitted them to the police who track the offenders and give them warnings or a fine. .
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If you ran off and told teacher at the school I went to you soon got your head flushed down the toilet.................... No one like a grass in my opinion
 
Montemar said:
This is a wind-up! It does not relate to the OP's tale of discomfort and interaction.
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Nope no wind up.
This very weekend I was out with my sports boat wanting to tow some children in our party on a towable. All the time there were yaughties sailing along at abouit 1 knot as there was very little wind getting in my way. Their slow speed took up far too much of the water. Am I being a grumpy old git for getting annoyed by them

Always 2 sides to a situation
 
Sandyman said:
Boolax. :) We have a quiet life style. We don't disturb anyone. Noisy bastards disturb my peace. We do nothing to them ( other than complain about the buggers ) So I am right.
Should be an open season on jet skies that come within 300yds. 7.62 up there jacksie would sort them out :)
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And every one with a big boat is taking more than their share of the river and indeed earth, and all those yaughties are using up more of their fare share of the wind and they don't even pay for it. I say open season on anyone with a boat over 25 ft especially those with flappy things :)
 
when we use to ski ,we liked to be based in a bay or on the beach to have a base for rest and its nice to come in and start from the beach ,then some 40ft boat would come and anchor ,then complain we were skiing ,strange ,but my point is neither of us have the priority , and nor I have a larger boat the skiers p me off, the best thing is find better spots ,we do not pay to anchor ,it will come in the solent one day, it a good job bruce is in wales
 
Its not a matter of what craft you have is it? Its a matter of what effect it has on others. I create a large wash when pushing on and slow down for boats fishing on the drift, anchored and raggies enjoying a gentle cruise. When past them I open up again. A small boat/jet ski can create a wash way beyond its size, the effect is the same. Boats at anchor, moored or drifting are not in a position to react to a a sudden wave wash. It's basic seamanship/awareness and hence lies the problem! A boat skipper needs to extend his vision of his boats wash curtilage beyond the mesmerising splashy waves he sees 6 feet either side of his bow.
Damit I hear Cuckoos:(
 
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