Golden rules or are they

[powerskipper]

This can be done either in fun or seriously. I would love to know how lessons were learnt, masakistic side maybe but very entertaining. I will add some more tomorrow night if can get on keyboard as HWMBOS likes to play with it too.

Always unplug shore power before pulling away from berth, [ boat does a lovely wiggely dance if not]

Remember to have all crew on board the boat on leaving the berth, [ remember to bring same number back too]

Never believe the weather forcast when it says it will be sunny[ it always rain]

must go now working tomorrow ooopppp today!!!!!

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[powerskipper]

has this been done b4,
I wonder to myself. the words of wisdom do not seem to flow,
as I talk to myself ,
I must be going mad,
I'm sure that is what I was told many years ago.

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[lanason]

To let go !!

My son pushed off on the pulpit rail from the shore and forgot to let go. We were swinging the boat on the pontoon 180 degrees (with ropes) after swinging round and mooring back up. I climed over the bows to find him still hanging off the rail - lifted him back on board - dead funny -

p.s. he was wearing a lifejactet at the time but said after that he didnt want to get really wet - he onle got wet up to he waist !!!

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[Dave_Snelson]

Always carry a Junior hacksaw...

...and a spare blade. Its the only device that will cut through polypropeline rope and netting should it get wrapped around your prop. Forget sharp knives, a hacksaw will rip through rope in seconds.

I also carry my drysuit and fleece on board for "overboard" repairs.

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[MedDreamer]

When adjusting land lines do it from the land and not from the deck.

Most embarrassing experience on boat to date:

Few weeks ago took SWMBO, daughter and Sister in Law (visiting from America) out on Windermere, quiet day midweek on boat, Glorious warm sunshine bit of a breeze from the south but nothing to worry about (!). Head up to Waterhead Hotel for lunch and see jetty free. Lots of people eating and drinking on hotel lawns and we execute a perfect mooring manourve (in defiance of Martyn's Law) and hook a stern line on a post - no trouble. Daughter steps onto jetty holding bowline and makes fast to forward post. Turn off engine. SO FAR SO GOOD.

I then ask daughter to come down and make good the sternline but notice she is in bare feet and that the jetty is covered in goose pooh so tell her not to bother and to step back on board.

I decide that the sternline would be better on a different post so, standing in the cockpit , release the line. At this point the breeze comes into play and the stern starts to drift from the jetty swinging on the bowline... water level is low making the rocks we are swinging towards clear to see. I desperately try to get a rope around the post and miss!

Not, at this time being familiar with TCM's silent mooring theory, I do the decent thing and start shouting at the daughter, blaming our predicament on the fact that she didn't have anything on her feet (seemed logical to me at the time). By this time the boat was at a right angle to the jetty and those sat on the lawn who had not already observed the situation were now drawn to it by my raised voice.

I start engine and we manage to release bowline, I lift outdrive, as we are by now in very shallow water and reverse out of danger (bit of scraping on the bottom which I will check when the boat is lifted but no visible or mechanical sign of damage).

EVERYBODY is now watching, wife consoling daughter who quite rightly feels badly done by (she is actually top quality crew and as usual was very willing and hadn't done anything wrong). I feel embarrassed for messing up, loosing rag irrationally in front of sister-in-law, who is sat timidly in the cockpit, and feel even worse for upsetting daughter.

Good ending though because we re-executed the manouvre perfectly and enjoyed an excellent lunch and remainder of the day on the lake.








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[martynwhiteley]

Good story Martyn!

It's amazing how fine the line is between everyone falling out and shouting at each other, or falling about laughing, in such situations. Unfortunately it seems that when there's an audiance, the former option seems to prevail!

The most recent similar moment I remember was when we'd just passed through a self-operated lock, and I have tried to train the kids these days to do all the hard work whilst I stay at the helm to avoid having to moor up both before and after paasing though a lock/swing bridge.

On this occassion my son was struggling to close the lock gates after we'd passed through, so I threw a stern line to my daughter, saying 'here, just hold the boat on this whilst I help Ryan close the gates', and duly jumped off, running at full speed towards the lock, to be greated by screams from behind from Lisa, 'the boats blowing away, the lines not attached'.

I'd forgot the check that the line I'd thrown was actually attached to the stern cleat!

Fortunately, being at a lock, we were able to cross the river and retrieve the boat, although we were lucky, as a weir was only yards away from where it came to rest!

One a bit better than that was when I went to take delivery of my last boat from Newark Marina on a very windy day. It was Friday evening and I was on my own, but wanted to full it up with fuel before heading down the Trent the next morning. With some help from the fuel attendant, the mooring there went ok, but when I returned to the mooring, the wind was blowing me away from the high quay side with some force. To reach to secure a line around a post about 2M above deck level, I had to stand on the top of the cockpit side rail. You can imagine it can't you!

The boat started to blow out, and I was left dangling from the pole. I had to drop the line, and let the boat drift off, fortunately only across the marina, and as good luck would have it, a guy on a nearby boat spotted what was happening and ran over to help me climb up, with only wet shoes!

Petty no video cameras, £250 would have been useful!

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[MedDreamer]

Martyn

Glad its not only me!!

Any developments on the Forum Sunday lunch?

Regards

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[martynwhiteley]

Well Martyn there's a group from S Ferriby who are intending going to a pub in Howden afterwards, I think it's called the White Heart in the Market Sq.

If there's only one or two of us Forumites, we could perhaps join them to make it more of a party. Or if there's going to be half a doz, we could find somewhere a bit closer to Carlton.

I'll post on it a few days prior to the event, and see what the response is then.

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