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This comment from MickShep got lost in another thread about dinghy sailors, but I thought sufficiently interesting to drag out and start seperately. It entirely accords with my experience sailing out of Brighton Marina, where underneath great big painted 'no fishing' signs at the end of the breakwaters by the entrance, there are always one or two idiots trying to, I can only imagine, catch themselves a yacht. But the biggest problem is that on politely inviting these gentlemen to fish elsewhere (it's not like the breakwaters don't go on for miles where fishing is allowed) one is invariably caught in a foul-mouthed tirade. I've reported it to the marina authorities on various occasions, but nothing seems to change...
"To be honest, up here in the North I've had very little trouble with the racing fraternity (lots more open water and less boats). But I had an incident in the harbour entrance channel last year involving total w#*ker fishing off the pier with his line accross the channel, With the state off tide I was hugging the the channel only to hear a tirade of abuse from above me, I looked up in time to see a figure in dayglow orange running along the pier in frantic persuit of two fishing rods, their monofilament line, being totally invisible at sea level neatly wrapped around my forestay. The language used was so bad that I had to send my 9 yr old below, had I met him I think I'd have shoved his rods where the sun don't shine. On mentioning this incident once ashore I was told of several cases of irate fishermen actually casting lead wieghts at passing vessels including dinghies. I can only assume that such a missile would prove lethal should it strike a person. The harbour authority have placed signs all over the pier telling people not to fish the channel but they are just pulled down and thrown in the water. Mike. "
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"To be honest, up here in the North I've had very little trouble with the racing fraternity (lots more open water and less boats). But I had an incident in the harbour entrance channel last year involving total w#*ker fishing off the pier with his line accross the channel, With the state off tide I was hugging the the channel only to hear a tirade of abuse from above me, I looked up in time to see a figure in dayglow orange running along the pier in frantic persuit of two fishing rods, their monofilament line, being totally invisible at sea level neatly wrapped around my forestay. The language used was so bad that I had to send my 9 yr old below, had I met him I think I'd have shoved his rods where the sun don't shine. On mentioning this incident once ashore I was told of several cases of irate fishermen actually casting lead wieghts at passing vessels including dinghies. I can only assume that such a missile would prove lethal should it strike a person. The harbour authority have placed signs all over the pier telling people not to fish the channel but they are just pulled down and thrown in the water. Mike. "
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