capnsensible
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What are keels made of?
Are sailors standards of behaviour declining
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What are keels made of?
JumbleDuck
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Lead?
Blue Sunray
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Fair point for a few, does rather reduce the target set though.
capnsensible
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moomba
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Hee Hee my wise old yoga teacher from Tibet said some very wise words to our group , in that it is those after us that are living in the now and we as we get older are living in the past what we perceive as bad manners or rudeness others it is there normal lifes , therefore we cannot judge those after us, as they live in a different world , there will be some on thIs forum who will be horrified to know that I eat with my elbows on the table and sometimes speak with my mouth full (THE HORROR). so do not judge on manners or etiquette because you came from a different time.
Poecheng
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Groovy manLets just kinda hang out and not judge anyone
solent clown
RIP
Uh oh, now we have drifted to a steel boat doldrum... It's going to get ugly.
Most of the steel boats near us are poo barges, working boats or cruise liners - most of which are more polite , manoeuvrable and generally aware than many yotties So time to develop an epoxy backed limpet I guess :encouragement:
Quandary
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Last week, locking up at Fort Augustus with half a dozen hire cruisers and one private mobo. Lord of the Glens taking up much of the space at the top, only one berth with shore power free on the pontoon, we got it, mainly by oafish behaviour as described by the OP and some deft manouvreing. I was quite pleased with myself, particularly when some of the others had to go on to Kytra, several miles from the pub.
Blue Sunray
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Uh oh, now we have drifted to a steel boat doldrum... It's going to get ugly.
So time to develop an epoxy backed limpet I guess :encouragement:
Rest assured that there are various systems that work for non ferrous hulls, most post date the cockelshell limpets though.
Dutch01527
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Next time the local chavs dump their old sofa over your fence I am sure that this sage advice will spring to mind in a instant
Glenlivet
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As your “wise, old yoga teacher” obviously came from a ‘different’ time presumably he is also to be ignored in similar fashion?
awol
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That's why I have a 1-into-2 blue connector - particularly useful on busy paycard pillars.
Caley canal hire cruisers and a mobo are fair game and I would have been disappointed if you had lost that race. I would regard the berth as suitable compensation for going up the locks with that lot.
Muddy32
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Maybe the decrease in standards of etiquette and manners seen in boating is a result of most folk "learning " from schools who have profitability and time constraints on their mind. They don't teach the niceties.
Ensigns, lights, speed, fenders, crossing rafting boats, ....... the list is endless.
Grump, grump.
Ensigns, lights, speed, fenders, crossing rafting boats, ....... the list is endless.
Grump, grump.
Wiltshire
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I try to be philosophical when occasionally people lack consideration over moorings etc. as you never know if they are distracted by a boat problem or just having a bad day at the office. I did struggle to maintain equilibrium when somebody knocked my dock fender off and also left my dock lines in the water this summer. Presumably they were in a hurry to leave and it was easiest to untie and toss my lines in the water.
Today was a bit of a nadir too as somebody has left a very large dent in my car whilst it was parked at Bucklers. No note was left, no apology made and I have to pick up the bill. Let's face it if somebody has a yacht they are not short of money, so bad as that would be it is not that whoever did it cannot afford to pay up or let their insurer pay up. The most annoying thing is that there were hardly any cars in a vey large car park so goodness knows how they managed it!
Today was a bit of a nadir too as somebody has left a very large dent in my car whilst it was parked at Bucklers. No note was left, no apology made and I have to pick up the bill. Let's face it if somebody has a yacht they are not short of money, so bad as that would be it is not that whoever did it cannot afford to pay up or let their insurer pay up. The most annoying thing is that there were hardly any cars in a vey large car park so goodness knows how they managed it!
Daydream believer
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Does not matter. My wife goes to the supermarket & always parks well away from other cars if possible. When she returns it is odds on that someone will have parked right next to her, even with loads of space all around. I think people are worried that their car might feel lonely when left.
LittleSister
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Harrumph!
Mark-1
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Well they probably weren't short of money the day before they bought it...
Roberto
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robertj
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I think you have totally mis read the other yachtmans actions. After this post I would say he just did not understand what you were trying to do. I feel he just decided to anchor. He presumed you were not anchoring there and just though I’ll get ahead a get settled in the hook.
I dont think he could have done it on purpose the last person you want to upset is someone of your build and size lol
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Sgeir
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Donald
I wasn't aware that the RHYC required a certain standard of seamanship from their members
Donald
Well, they damned well should do.....
That's the problem with wearing a club burgee or ensign - you really are seen as an "ambassador" and our errors could reflect badly on the club or association.
If you think you are going to make a mess of things, my suggestion is to fit reversible dodgers with "Claymore" or some other equally innocent party printed on the false side.
