Hissy fits

[zoidberg]

It seems this is not the only place where 'HFs' occur......

'Boat rage'

Who hasn't considered retaliatory action...? But.... in Plymouth Harbour the transgressors are often Assault Craft full of Royal Marines. I wouldn't go swinging an oar at them.....

 

[LadyInBed]

I wonder if the inflatable is repairable, an expensive loss of cool.
From the report, it looks like the woman will also suffer consequences!

 

[Deleted member 36384]

The worm turns, result! The bloke lost it because of continual speeding in a speed limit area, despite frequent reports to the authorities responsible for monitoring the speed limit. After his altercation the the authorities increased surveillance of the area and violations decreased. He lost his cool but it reads as if the last speeding event was the straw that broke the camels back.

 

[capnsensible]

You know that thing you turn to open a door........

 

[Gary Fox]

You know that thing you turn to open a door........

A key?

 

[HissyFit]

You know that thing you turn to open a door........

A key?

A handle?

 

[[3889]]

You know that thing you turn to open a door........

A woman's eye?

 

[laika]

You know that thing you turn to open a door........

The wooden owl statue next to what looks like an ordinary bookshelf?

 

[capnsensible]

???

 

[dankilb]

Wow, the most (only?!) scary moment of that was at the end where the oar-wielder was dangerously close to the live prop. That could have changed the game considerably ?

 

[Achosenman]

It seems this is not the only place where 'HFs' occur......

'Boat rage'

Who hasn't considered retaliatory action...? But.... in Plymouth Harbour the transgressors are often Assault Craft full of Royal Marines. I wouldn't go swinging an oar at them.....

There is more to this story.

The chap turns out to be a convicted murderer on life parole. He has anger issues and will now be required to face the parole board once again.

I don't think this is a normal situation for most people.

 

[oldmanofthehills]

Good on the woman with the oar. The guy clearly had anger issues, I know speeding boats are a pain and my dinghy has been nearly swamped by members of a local mobo club but the guys violent action was beyond the pale against a craft with children on board

 

[dankilb]

Good on the woman with the oar. The guy clearly had anger issues, I know speeding boats are a pain and my dinghy has been nearly swamped by members of a local mobo club but the guys violent action was beyond the pale against a craft with children on board

Yeah but her heroics did nearly get her lower body chopped to bits in front of her kids...

 

[Frogmogman]

Both parties have now been arrested.

Boat rage: Second person arrested over incident at Tairua Wharf - NZ Herald

Here is some extra info

'I lost my cool': Tairua man speaks out about boat rage incident

 

[dankilb]

Both parties have now been arrested.

Boat rage: Second person arrested over incident at Tairua Wharf - NZ Herald

Here is some extra info

'I lost my cool': Tairua man speaks out about boat rage incident

Interesting, thanks! Adds a more balanced perspective - not that anything justifies how either party behaved!

 

[Adios]

At a lock on the Trent once I had a narrow boater rushing at me raging because I'd come on to the downstream waiting area behind him and put my bowline on the same bollard as his stern line, over his rope. He was so angry and seemed certain I'd committed a heinous crime I started wondering if i'd missed knowing it, like it was some cast iron inland boating etiquette i didn't know about. Then another narrowboat came nearby him and the first guy starts shouting across telling him about this a***hole who put his ropes over his, the second guy seemed aware that sadly there are such a***holes in the world. To this day I've a lingering doubt that I might be a rope a***hole but i suspect he was just clinically insane.

 

[awol]

The etiquette is to feed your bowline up through his and then over the bollard. This allows him to remove his line without disturbing yours.

 

[Adios]

The etiquette is to feed your bowline up through his and then over the bollard. This allows him to remove his line without disturbing yours.

Ah well then. My bad. Not that it would have inconvenienced him at all. He wasn't even going through the lock, was just sat on his boat angrily fishing and having a miserable life.

 

[Gary Fox]

'Angrily fishing', yes I have noticed this is quite common, well spotted

 

[ProMariner]

The etiquette is to feed your bowline up through his and then over the bollard. This allows him to remove his line without disturbing yours.

Works both ways, if my rope underneath, I can slacken mine, pass a loop up through yours and round the bollard, and let go without taking yours off. But this would deprive me of an opportunity to take the huff.
Now, a 12m boat parking in the middle of a 25m berth.....