decent painter plea

[roam]

why is it that the tenders that are provided with longest lines are tied on the shortest length so no-one else can get anywhere near the pontoon?

do people just not know, plain ignorant, or just thing b*ll**ks to everyone else?

i am getting incensed by my fellow boaties who just don't seem to get that a public pontoon is for use by everyone - not just the person who got there first. they seem to have forgotten - or just never knew - that courtesy and boating etiquette deem that you should tie your tender to the public dinghy pontoon with a LONG painter.

while i am at it, why do HM's allow 7m+ ribs to use the dinghy pontoon for free when a 7m yacht has to moor with everyone else, get the water taxi/use a tender and pay accordingly?

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[mirabriani]

Well thankyou Roam. I have only just aquired a dinghy and you comment had simply not occurred to me. I have to thank you for ensuring that I do not join the ranks of selfish dinghy owners.
Regards Briani

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[boatless]

And does nobody else know about putting your loop up from underneath everybody else's?

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[Peppermint]

Re: Been to Salcombe have we sir?NM

nm

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[Talbot]

Re: Been to Salcombe have we sir?NM

Not just salcombe, frequently the problem at Lymington, and the Folly.

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[jorinda]

And I bet that when they moor their boat to a pontoon they completely engulf the cleat in a mile of warp, instead of tieing a bowline and taking the rest on board.
Also probably uses one warp from cleat to boat to cleat to boat to cleat!

Ranting rob.


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[Talbot]

When you have been successful in your campaign for decent painters, can you please start a new campaign for rafted boats to put lines onto the jetty. Some people get a bit ansy about doing this, but if I am on the inside I dont see why other people should expect my lines to take the full strain of their yacht.

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[Boathook]

Re: Been to Salcombe have we sir?NM

Also include St Peter Port and Braye.

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[LadyInBed]

I’ve always been in the long painter camp, but what is the consensus, engine on tilt or engine left down?
I leave mine on tilt /forums/images/icons/wink.gif but I'm sure it must pee some people off.


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[tugboat]

Unless the dinghy pontoon is going to dry out, I think it is definitely best to leave engine down. Keeps the sharpish bits out of the way and if someone tilts their engine someone elses painter is bound to get fouled on it, people have to clamber about in other peoples dinghys, accidents happen, etc,etc.

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[alahol2]

Agree, keep the engine down, but then you find someones thoughtfully long painter gets stuck over the prop. I'm currently using a floating line as a painter, which stops it getting into MY prop if it goes overboard whilst motoring and keeps it out of the way of others props at the pontoon. I'm sure someone will be able to point out the drawbacks of this approach!

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[dralex]

I leave the sharp bit sticking up, smother the dinghy in razor wire, then lock it to the pontoon with a very short length of chain. I agree about the big RIBS, esp at Salcombe when at low water there is not a lot of room to get around them.

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[StugeronSteve]

Turner did a nice boaty one!

Long painter is best. Agree with the floaty line comment, although I have been known to tow it under my own prop /forums/images/icons/blush.gif.

Just about any popular harbour has this problem, especially in places like Yarmouth, where you get big RIBs over from Lymington, that feel free to tie up anywhere.

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[pessimist]

Agree entirely, Dartmouth is dreadful for this. Have been known to untie offenders and re-tie them nose to tail. My record so far is six in a line.

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