Can You Read?

[Lakesailor]

If you arrived at a jetty limited to the use of Hotel patrons and found all the mooring posts had a laminated notice telling you that the jetty was reserved that day from 5.00pm for steam boats, would you moor your Bayliner and a tender alongside that jetty?
I arrived on a friend's boat at about 6.00pm to find one side of the jetty occupied like that and the other by a 43ft Mobo (with a For Sale notice on it).
The boat owners moved onto the public jetty nearby without problem, but said they hadn't seen the notices?
Is this bad manners or a general attitude that is sweeping boating of "Oh, it doesn't matter, I'm here and that's good enough for me"?

Steamboat Rally members arriving at newly vacated jetty at the Watersedge Inn.............

 

[Judders]

I think you'll find that these sorts of considerations do not apply to Bayliners and if all the patrons of the hotel can afford are these grotty antiquated old fashioned boats than who are they do get in the way of a moulded in the same was as a Kellogs free dinosaur state of the art Bayliner?

 

[Lakesailor]

Good point

 

[milltech]

..but was he a hotel patron? If he was, then perhaps he thought, "I come here as a regular to spend my money and I made a reservation for lunch and nobody told me they were going to close off my access...."

Being a stubbon and unreasonable person myself when feeling affronted, I naturally feel sympathy for the double parking, yellow line dodging miscreants. Pity it was a Bayliner though, wasn't that really his error?

 

[Lakesailor]

Point is of course that the jetty use is not "as of right" but by concession of the owners.
It wasn't a problem, and had the steam boats all rafted up the plastic fantastics would have gained a useful grimy layer to subdue the glaring sun.

Just wondering if people ever think rules apply to them.

 

[Stemar]

[ QUOTE ]
Just wondering if people ever think rules apply to them.

[/ QUOTE ]Of course they should! The rules musty be rigorously applied to everyone. I'm the only exception /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[ValleyForge]

Pretty standard stuff now I'm afraid. I think the best idea is to raft up alongside (this is, after all, a standard mooring procedure but not recognised by most lake users) and then to stoke up with an extra smokey lump of coal. Then leave for the bar ... (walking across foredecks of course)

And doesn't Arlette look absolutely fantastic under way !

 

[JackFrobisher]

Nice pictures. Thanks.

 

[Lakesailor]

Do I take it you some connection with Arlette?

 

[ValleyForge]

No, just a gawper who likes mucking about in boats.
And thanks too for the piccies, nice to see.

 

[pappaecho]

Its not only Bayliners. Sunsail crews think that they do not have to queue for food or drink, walk straight to front of the queue and demand to be served because they are Sunsail.

 

[Lakesailor]

Usually "Oi, there's a queue here mate, and you're at the back of it!" works for me.

 

[BrendanS]

Doen't matter how regular they are, if the moorings are booked for others, then they are taken. Full stop.