Anchoring Etiquette

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Ahhhh the peace and tranquility of Newtown Creek, IOW...

Just wondering if anyone else experienced heat induced anger at the weekend.

I watched two yachts come into Newtown Creek and down to the little anchorage on the way to the Inn at Shalfleet.

I thought the following boat was being a little aggressive (Big Southerley v Small Hunter) - right on his stern. Anyhow the Hunter quite suddenly decided (and perhaps without a look in the rear view mirror) decided to drop anchor....

Now the Southerley was not too impressed with this as he went astern..and as we sipped our cool beers...listened to the following cabaret..

Southerley: Excuse Me
Hunter: Yes???
Southerley: Have you been stupid all your life...? (verbatim)
Hunter: You are stunningly rude...stunningly rude!
Exit Southerley to opposite end.

Any thoughts?
 
One of the best pieces of advice I've been given was never to follow directly behind someone when enetering or leaving a river because eventually one will slow down and the chances are you'll hit them up the chuff.

My vote goes to the Southerly as the donkey - but then, as you say, he had a big posh boat and by the sound of it a suitably superior attitude to go with it!

Mind you a quick look astern wouldn't have been out of place by the Hunter.

Mark
 
My instinct is to back the Hunter, however it does seem reasonable that one ought to have a look around before dropping ones anchor.

Was the hunter line with the other swinging moorings in the area?
 
my thoughts are to tell him unless I have my gin pennant up he can kindly not invite himself (and his boat) on board.
oh - and also tell him I dont take it up the arse like his other friends apparently seem to do

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I like that one!! Tee hee

Anyway, what did the southerly think the hunter was going to do, run up the beach, of course he was going to anchor, stay away, a bit of thought might have been in order..
 
Another anchorage to try out, yippee! Newtown Creek anchorage nice then is it? Excepting of course big Southerly bullies...I'd always have a good gander at what's around before dropping hook, and that includes looking behind, but still...

Spent this weekend anchored/beached at East Head for the first time, after only having used Pilsey Island before. Never in my wildest dreams did I think boats could anchor so closely to each other..! Never seen anything like it. Good fun though.
 
The Southerly was alone to blame.

The overtaking vessel is under an absolute duty to keep clear under IRPCS. There are no exceptions to this whatever.

The Hunter skipper was within his rights to anchor just when and where he chose, so far as the vessel astern of him was concerned.
 
Newtown Creek is fab.

The occupancy per square metre on a sunny weekend makes East Head look like the barren Siberian steppes......................

But still fab.

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Another anchorage to try out, yippee! Newtown Creek anchorage nice then is it? Excepting of course big Southerly bullies...I'd always have a good gander at what's around before dropping hook, and that includes looking behind, but still...


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If you can get there when it's quiet then it's the best anchorage in the world. It's noisy, but only with bird-life. The National Trust maintain a line of visitor moorings for which, last time I was there, the dues were £1 per vessel, per night.

The downside is that it can get ridiculously busy, which defeats the entire point of being there. I was fist there mid-week a couple of Aprils ago. Fell in love, go back whenever I can.
 
Re: The Southerly was alone to blame.

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The overtaking vessel is under an absolute duty to keep clear under IRPCS. There are no exceptions to this whatever.

The Hunter skipper was within his rights to anchor just when and where he chose, so far as the vessel astern of him was concerned.

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Whilst you are absolutely right in your assertions, unlike me in my spelling, it is still sensible to have a look around before dropping the anchor and as it sounds as if it was clear what was going to happen, discretion may have been the better part of valour? That said, if you're confident your vessel can stand in it, why let yourself be bullied?
 
Agreed

But I have to ask myself - do I always look astern before anchoring? I'm not sure that I do - though I agree that I should!
 
Re: The Southerly was alone to blame.... Is he ???

Admittedly Overtaking vessel etc. ........

BUT Marine Casualties are not 100% blame jobs ....

If the Southerly is up the chuff of the Hunter and the Hunter stops / drops - and Southerly hits him ... I think there would be a comment about the hunter acting a bit silly - even though the STUPID one is the Southerly for getting so close !!!

Is it so hard to look astern .... and actually even with my non-silenced 4-107 perk motoring - I still have a good idea from sound etc. that someones up my chuff !!!!! regardless of whether I look or not .....

Yes I think the Southerly is daft ... but the Hunter is daft also - considering .....
 
a quick check - is this a rule of the road job or how to reply to arseholes in a pleasant manner question ?

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nah - thats another way of saying 'oi - wtf', if you say it like

excuuuze meeeee !!!

I guess it was a colreg question after all ...... so I will ignore the temptation to mount my soap box
 
Will be there soon, I can feel it...

BTW, have always wondered - visitors moorings such as these 1 squid ones: does one just grab an empty one and then someone in a boat comes out and takes yer money off you? Or do you have to go and find someone to give it to? Or do you just chuck a quid over the bow and hope the mermaids pick it up? Not complaining about paying, just wondering how exactly such a transaction is achieved...We've never picked up a visitor's buoy before, always anchored.

Pip pip!
 
I think its a little more than a squid these days ... we dropped our own hook for an hour or 2 and paid 2 squids ... even so, its still cheap! East Head/Pisley are free anchorages, but if you don't have a harbour plaque then you are expected to pay your "dues" to the harbour authority ... in all cases they come round on a boat ... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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a quick check - is this a rule of the road job or how to reply to arseholes in a pleasant manner question ?

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How about a thread on how to respond to peasants in an arsehole manner?

In terms of Colregs its a no brainer, but the Hunter did not do all that it reasonably could to avoid an accident.
 
well - I guess I could work on that angle but it would be breaking new ground for me - what do you suggest as a starter ? ah - I see you may have already given a clue......
 
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