Bad Marina Habits

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you have missed out
1/ sail skool folk up early 06 30 running engine to charge batts, talking in normal voices ( not quietly).

2/ fishing charterers starting kin great fords @ o6.00 & then wait for clients untill 07.30

3/ water hoses left in the water

4/ un frapped halliards
 
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Flushing the crap out of the heads / holding tank straight into the marina.

Boat owners allowing their little brats to "run riot" round the pontoons or to race around in the tender creating unacceptable wash.
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"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity"
 
I don't use marinas much so I'm probably being a bit naive, but do people really do that? I suppose they must otherwise you wouldn't have raised it. Astonishing! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
The most annoying marina habit of all is thinking of a number, doubling it twice then adding a bit for luck. It's called "the bill".
Mind you, I found this summer that certain a marina is using the same conversion chart which makes my 29' boat 8m long. I think the staff have spotted it now, as the price suddenly went up. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
Manoeuvring too close

You have missed out my favourite - for tidal marinas - folk who judge things too finely and whose technique relies on others leaping to fend them off, or who miss your beloved by just an inch - and later say that it was 'all under control'.
 
Re: Bad marina habits

I worked for a few years in a large marina - the worst marina habit was the speciality of the racing yacht crews, who all used to arrive with around eight large cars for each 25' yacht, then complain that they couldn't find any parking spaces...
 
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I think the worst bad habit is using a marina at all ?
I sail to get away - not to live 3 feet from people !
Ken

[/ QUOTE ]I keep my boat in a marina, but it has to do with battery charging, not being exposed to heavy swell or waves, and not staying awake on hairy nights wondering if...

But once away from home marina, I feel the same as you - anchoring off is far preferable.

<span style="color:white">Let's face it, I am just a wimp!</span>
 
I had some pratt who'd got off his boat, wandered along the pontoon to be next to my boat, then proceeded to shout into his mobile 'phone at 06:30. When I suggested he might like to f*** off back to his own boat he said he didn't want to wake his crew!
 
I was woken at 6:00am, once, by an urgent tapping on the boat. I could hear voices outside, so stuck my head out of the hatch to find out what was up. The response?

"Oh, sorry, I didn't know you were aboard. Lovely boat."

"Thank you. Erm, what were you knocking for?"

"Oh, just wondering what she was made of..."

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The worst I have ever seen was at Windermere.

My wife and myself hired 'Elona' a Jeaneau 32 for 5 days very late in the season.

The water was about 3 feet above it's normal level and we had been given a milk crate to put on the jettys.

We sailed every day in spite of the chain ferry being cancelled because of the wind.

The first evening we travelled to the south end of the loch (ok Lake for you sachinaches) to visit a museum.

There was a jetty there and we moored on it. In the dark we decided not to disembarked onto the jetty.

The next morning we were astonished.

There was a small cruiser 'moored' to the jetty The mooring warps were at a height of 18 inches RIGHT ACROSS the PONTOON.

How irresponsable can a boat owner get?

How to drown anyone?

Fortunately we saw the 'trip wires' Unfortunately I did not have a knife with me.

We did enjoy being there but have never gone to Windermere since.

Iain
 
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