Huge fat bloke wet paint dilemma

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A huge fat mobo just squeezed into a berth on the pontoon. It's fenders took loads of fresh, still wet paint off the neigbhour's boat next to it.
The fat boat owner complained about the paint messing up his fenders. Of course the new paintwork is ruined in the other boat and an argument broke out as to who is responsible.
Fat boat said he should have had a 'wet paint' sign up.

Who is to blame?

P.S. Fat boat has a very fat owner who is still running his genny two hours after tying up.
 
He shouldn't have been so clumsy for one. Unless ricochet parking really is normal in that marina, surely the fenders are there "just in case"?

They should shake hands and forget it, though I've sympathy for the guy who's got to repaint now. The fenders will clean with white spirit or something, no biggy.
 
Reckon you\'re right

Still it's a mess to see though. The berth can cope with a 4 meter beam max, but he's over 5 meters (the boat, not him!).

The other boat can now hardly get out and can only see a wall on his starboard side! Bit like Kate Moss being stuck in a lift with Mr. Creosote.
 
It's a bit daft putting paint on in a situation where somebody is likely to come in and touch it so I suppose that the painter hasn't got a leg to stand on.

On the other hand the other guy is fat, so it must be his fault!

It's one of those incidents which nobody will win. They may as well be grumpy with eachother for a few days then forget it.
 
Ricochet parking

um, continental style stern-to parking is almost invariably a matter of "squeezing in" so it might not be a case of ricochet-ing at all. So in that sense the painting person should have done something. In that situaion and if not on deck i would have put a line across to make sure someone could not get in - or had to hoot etc.

However, on t'other side, noticing the paint issue before al the way in might be expected, as would actually doing something about it like wiping of the paint before utterly dry rather than sitting there means he ain't that bothered.

so 50-50, really.

I hope insurance premiums don't go up as a result of twits like these.
 
The big mobo had put fenders out knowing it was a narrow space for him.Normally no damage would have occured .

He had no way of knowing the other guys paint was wet so IMHO the painted boats owner was totally in the wrong and should clean or replace the other guys fenders.
 
Whilst agreeing with pretty much everyone else's response, i.e. wet paint signs etc. should have been posted, I am curious why you have added details of the boat owners build and his running a genny after tying up. Not trying to influence the outcome perchance?
 
Stop stirring /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I'm much more interested to know what the correct day signal for wet paint is. A dripping brush in the rigging?
 
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Fat boat has a very fat owner who is still running his genny two hours after tying up.

[/ QUOTE ]Clap that fat unethical finite-resource-destroying noisybastard git in irons, and then give him a fair trial IMHO.
 
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I'm much more interested to know what the correct day signal for wet paint is. A dripping brush in the rigging?

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International standard is an upside down paint tin without a lid hoisted above the foredeck.

Dulux standard is probably different. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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Dulux standard is probably different. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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I think that a shaggy dog hanging in the rigging would be appropriate.
 
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