Anchoring Etiquette

I think the Southerley assumed the Hunter was going to move into space further down the creek - maybe he got concerned about the depth. I thought "have you been stupid all your life" was outrageous to shout - and I thought "you are stunningly rude" was apt!

Anchoring is £5 overnight - including cabaret act...
 
Agree with fireball. Anchoring overnight at Newtown is £4 (I think) although strictly speaking the NT have no legal right to charge you - though only a tight fisted git would refuse to pay. They do have the right to charge you for a mooring, 'cos they laid and maintain them. I think the moorings are a tenner a night, all prices discounted by 50% if you are an NT member.

A little man goes round in a boat collecting the money, and gives you a ticket from an old Bus Conductor's machine. Ah, memories...........

Edit: Correction - a Fiver to anchor overnight.
 
in fact I think its all very polite ....... I remember way back in the late 60's when I was on a coastal tanker working around the solent .......... where even then there were loadsa yotties.

anyway, proceeding up some nooks and crannies required us to seek deeper water, which were often occupied by the 'sail gives way to steam' brigade.

after trying 5 short blasts and finding it in-effective, I was told by the master to pick up the loudhailer (used to shout at the fxl) and ask / tell the yotties what the captain thought about them. after some coaching in words almost new to me I found the invective broadcast over some 500 yds at 100db was a more effective way of clearing the water ahead than any poofy sound signals.

so - if you remember those happy days please drop me a line here

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Probably apocryphal

Scene: Surrey Docks, date 1920's

A Thames barge is athwart the lock entrance as an "ocean greyhound" approaches.

Brassbound Chief Officer on foredeck of ocean greyhound, to barge skipper,

"Have you any idea what it will cost if we miss our tide?"

"Nah, mate, but I've a cargo of 'ores, ere, so come dahn and pick out yer muvver!"
 
I assume that the Hunter slowed down gradually and did not just throw over its hook, overrun the chain, and pull up sharp. Seems to me the Southerly had time to react, and presumably pass or stand off.

That said, if the Southerly was that close, I would have told him what I was going to do.
 
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That said, if the Southerly was that close, I would have told him what I was going to do.

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and told him where to go, where to find it and how to do it

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Justine. East Head is no fun when thanks to incompetent 'skippers', your boat gets clobbered and damaged through careless anchoring. It was not funny when I had found 4 feet of my rubbing strake torn off!. You stay on the beach where the ******* wont get you!. Oh yes, and its happened to me twice there.
 
The man in the boat at Newtown comes around and collects. You will be lucky if you get one though - unless they have laid more there were 19 last time I was there and the number of boats on a busy weekend probably gets well into 3 figures. You also get sole rights on the buoy in Newtown, the HM will not raft anyone up to you unless you agree.
 
Last year it was £10 for the night on a buoy, but the smart ones left in a panic around 0800, leaving Mrs Mate & me to our breakfast and the guy in the National Trust boat who turned up at 0900 and took a tenner off me. The discount for NT membership only applies if you anchor somewhere.
 
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Mind you a quick look astern wouldn't have been out of place by the Hunter.

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Maybe the Hunter had taken a quick look astern, and established that if he didn't drop his hook pdq, the Southerly would pinch his space.

Personally, I like to bumble around an anchorage for a while, working out the best place to drop. Having found that spot, there's little as annoying as a late arrival nipping in and grabbing it!
 
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the number of boats on a busy weekend probably gets well into 3 figures

[/ QUOTE ] Funnily enough, we went over there for the day, on the day after the Round The Island Race. The Warden said that they had over 90 boats moored or anchored there the previous night, which was the highest number of overnighters he could recall. Day visitors could be easily double that, I guess.

Still only 19 Visitors' Moorings. But if they put in more, there would be less space to anchor......
 
Oh sounds horrific, the b**gers. I'm assuming you stay well away from there now..? Might see you round Pilsey soonish..?

BTW, you got your new boat yet? I seem to remember you were planning it last time we 'spoke'...having said that, it was a long while ago and my grey matter is only just getting used to being used again.

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Surprised that no one has mentioned the anchor ball here!

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Funny you should say that.

I learnt to sail in Oz and continued to do so weekly for 20 years - and apart from reading about such balls and cones in books - never once saw one used in action.

Also never heard of anyone ramming an anchored boat thinking it was moving - or mistaking a mainsailed motor sailor as a craft purely under sail.

Has being in the EU anything to do with the regulations on using these devices?

JOHN
 
if you read the regs, look the 12m rule and shapes .....

and the uk is a fok site busier than aussie waters
 
I think I got your drift, my points were that in the main the majority of yots plying inshore waters are less than 12 m so dont need to show shapes.
also, there are more opportunities for encountering close 1/4 conditions as e.g. the solent is teeming with small craft - in comparison with other waters
I am also aware you are aware the colregs predated the eu .... so its nothing to do with that, also we brits are generally not a litigatious group but like to do the right thing .... so some ppl take a sort of pride in using shapes, lights, sound signals and playing with electric train sets.
in my experience, other nations take pride in bucking the system and tend to ignore rules - like the spanish, french and aussies .....
so your point in not needing to rely on whether the proper shapes are necessary to avoid collisions is valid as its borne out by experience ...... I presume us brits wouldnt feel comfy with that notion ....... but of course this is all in my own opinion. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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