Another raggie gets me into trouble

[DAKA]

There I was laid on the beach taking photos of my boat

When something caught my eye.

Now even those of you who are still totally focussed
on the yummy mummy should have noticed......
the subject of my photos,
even the yummy mummy has noticed the plonker about to sail into my starboard side.

Oh, relax, I have swung just in time,
it looks safe, he is going astern of me

Oh no he's not !

And for my photographic skills I received a clip round the ear from swmbo

PS
Sorry about the fenders Ian

 

[jimg]

Why does one of the yachts keep changing colour from white to blue and back again!

 

[duncan]

clearly going to raft up as he saw your fenders as an invitation - then realised there were too few and too small.....

 

[duncan]

images 2 3 4 would appear to be illustrating the yacht's ability to manoever close to other craft with 1 setting the scene only

5 and 6 being the action (pretty tame really...)

 

[DAKA]

images 2 3 4 would appear to be illustrating the yacht's ability to manoever close to other craft with 1 setting the scene only

5 and 6 being the action (pretty tame really...)

Spot on with your assessment Duncan, I first thought he was getting close to the other boats,
the anchorage is 1 mile wide with 10-20 m depth, no idea why he chose to sail so close,
he missed and I was about to loose interest when I realized he was heading straight for me !
Again he missed and I had forgotten about the photos, when I was looking last night
with swmbo she just saw the lady in centre screen, I hadnt even noticed her in the photos at the time,
it humoured me so I posted them

 

[Searush]

Why are your fenders hanging over the side anyway? Mine are stowed as soon as I leave the quay wall, it is part of the signal that I need the swing bridge to open.

Someone was asking about MoBos never stowing their fenders on another thread. I thought it might be something to do with river & canal cruisers being unfamiliar with the wide open spaces of the seas. Obviously I was wrong, it is a generic MoBo bit of lazyness.

 

[DAKA]

Why are your fenders hanging over the side anyway? Mine are stowed as soon as I leave the quay wall, it is part of the signal that I need the swing bridge to open.

Someone was asking about MoBos never stowing their fenders on another thread. I thought it might be something to do with river & canal cruisers being unfamiliar with the wide open spaces of the seas. Obviously I was wrong, it is a generic MoBo bit of lazyness.

Hi Searush,
I answered in full on the other thread, seeing as you have brought it up , in the main you are right, its a bit like putting the bog seat down, you know it looks nice but you have to get your hands mucky .......twice , when there is no need.

Its also about keeping swmbo happy so she enjoys casting off together and doesnt view it as hard work.

You know I also sail and even on a short sail when we drift out and back on a tide we still put the fenders away, it can be done easily while underway.

Totally different on a mobo at sea, you have to wait until all crew are sat down before you open up and it is rarely calm enough to put them out again until you slow down , if you put them down too soon the fender socks get dragged off by the wash.
swmbo enjoys entering harbours/rivers/marinas which can be missed if you have to deploy 8 fenders and 3 mooring lines so I have made it as quick and easy as possible to just kick them over the side and they are set, a method I devised when I used to go single handed , the fact that I no longer go single handed could be part due to swmbo having an easy time on board .

I frequently see plenty of sailing boats with fenders and tenders dragging in the water

I would never drag either even when sailing.
I'm not that lazy

 

[deborahann]

wish I was your SWIMBO

 

[Pinnacle]

wish I was your SWIMBO

"Be careful what you wish for."

 

[DAKA]

lol , yes I am in enough trouble over the photos

wish I was your SWIMBO

Does Haydn send you out in a F6 @ 20 knots

Joking apart, this is how I came to realize how difficult it was, we were off Hull one day F6 gusting 8 wind against tide struggling @ 10 knots.
swmbo came back and said she couldnt get on the decks
she took the helm and I tried, by the time you are holding 2-3 fenders with ropes tripping you up there is no way of holding on adequately to get round the decks when it is rough ........... I returned to the helm defeated

 

[deborahann]

oh its worse than that, hlb thruching this way and that, constantly knocked off your feet, and the G force ! & thats before I manage to get near any fenders.

 

[l'escargot]

There I was laid on the beach taking photos of my boat...

Is what look likes an old pick up buoy painted black dangling from your bow roller in picture 1 what passes as an anchor ball on your boat?

And why is it missing, along with the fenders, in picture number 3?

And where's the island in the distance gone in pictures 2 & 3?

Looks like different boats in different places to me, or am I missing something?

(I have edited out the yummy mummy so I don't get you into more trouble with SWMBO )

 

[DIW]

Isn't it a different cruiser in pics 2,3 & 4 ?????

 

[DAKA]

Is what look likes an old pick up buoy painted black dangling from your bow roller in picture 1 what passes as an anchor ball on your boat?

And why is it missing, along with the fenders, in picture number 3?

And where's the island in the distance gone in pictures 2 & 3?

Looks like different boats in different places to me, or am I missing something?

Hi L'escargot

The black thing isnt an old painted pick up buoy, its a brand new white fender complete with Navy fender sock in keeping with the rest of the set.

It lives in the anchor locker ready for use in high winds to 'bow off' or in more recent times for Cpt Blackbeard ( single engined demolition expert berthed in my fairway, although to be fair his berthing skills have improved recently).
When I anchor I take the ball fender out the locker so it doesnt interfere with the chain, it sort of dangles over the bow rail while the anchor is deployed.

Now onto the photos, Duncan explained it pretty well.

First photo my boat
second photo
Mobo and sailing boat at anchor 1/4 mile from me.

the photos were all taken with in 3 minutes of each other.

Its the same plonker on the same day sailing through a massive almost empty anchorage but choosing to do so at close quarters.

Yes DIW, it is a different boat in the second photo, there were two close quarters situations as the plonker sailed through.

 

[l'escargot]

Hi L'escargot

The black thing isnt an old painted pick up buoy, its a brand new white fender complete with Navy fender sock in keeping with the rest of the set.

It lives in the anchor locker ready for use in high winds to 'bow off' or in more recent times for Cpt Blackbeard ( single engined demolition expert berthed in my fairway, although to be fair his berthing skills have improved recently).
When I anchor I take the ball fender out the locker so it doesnt interfere with the chain, it sort of dangles over the bow rail while the anchor is deployed...

And there's me thinking you had an anchor ball on display...

 

[DAKA]

Just a tip and you might not want to stand on too long.........

If you spot an anchor chain with a flybridge tied to the end in an anchorage then chances are it is anchored.

Other things to look out for, no one sat in the driving seat

 

[l'escargot]

Just a tip and you might not want to stand on too long.........

If you spot an anchor chain with a flybridge tied to the end in an anchorage then chances are it is anchored.

Other things to look out for, no one sat in the driving seat

What, a bit like realising a yacht with the main sheeted in hard, no headsail out and doing six knots straight into the wind isn't sailing even though he hasn't got a motoring cone up?

 

[DAKA]

Agreed, I dont think you will ever find me complaining about motoring cones, circumstances would need to be exceptional for one to make a difference to the way I react.
I would usually have deviated out the way far enough so it doesnt make any difference.

There are exceptions of course when sailing boats stand on and insist on passing through narrow gaps at the same time as us , I cant understand why they dont wait a few seconds for us to get out the way. (thinking of the sub gap, loo channel and the like).