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Or in other words, everything should be allowed, even if it means that nobody can take a child to a beach to enjoy a quiet afternoon and swim in safety.
Well what quite beach do you go to if there is lots of kids swimming splashing etc,
Personally we all have to respect everyone's activities and accept we live in a crowded island and noise is inevitable .
Once we accept that, life is so much less stressful. :)
 

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Next we will want boats with generators, kayakers in their groups, motor boats that pass to close, kids laughing on a beach, lobster pots, anyone who has a loose halyard in the wind?, ferries , all Banned, so those in sailboats may have some quite sailing ??

It would be good to add MABs to the list of undesirables, too ?

Personally I couldnt be happier to see people out on the water enjoying themselves but have consideration for other users of course.

Well said, I quite agree ?
 

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Skylark - thank you.

We use to call them kill joys. They are the brigade that are opposed to BBQs on the beach and children playing cricket.

Fortunately largely speaking we all have the right to enjoy or open spaces, all that is asked is for them to behave with consideration and safety which does not mean they should be banned.
 

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Well what quite beach do you go to if there is lots of kids swimming splashing etc,
Personally we all have to respect everyone's activities and accept we live in a crowded island and noise is inevitable .
Once we accept that, life is so much less stressful. :)
Rubbish. We do live on a crowded island and some noise is inevitable - but. Uncontrolled, screaming kids with their equally uncontrolled (usually nowadays Grandparents), music played at mega decibels, motorbikes revved to the max smoking the tyres. Facetime, again usually Grandparents, sitting on a train or park bench shouting into their phone. The problem is that nowadays many people regard their personal activities as an absolute “right” and refuse to accept that consideration, discretion, privacy is the norm and preferable. It works both ways. I took a pontoon mooring in a French marina this year and was later surrounded by 12 yachts from a certain south coast island club with a very blanch ensign?. They completely took over the pontoon with a “drinks party”to the extent that they complained when we tried to get past to get to the facilities. Live and let live is grand but let’s do it with consideration.
 

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Rubbish. We do live on a crowded island and some noise is inevitable - but. Uncontrolled, screaming kids with their equally uncontrolled (usually nowadays Grandparents), music played at mega decibels, motorbikes revved to the max smoking the tyres. Facetime, again usually Grandparents, sitting on a train or park bench shouting into their phone. The problem is that nowadays many people regard their personal activities as an absolute “right” and refuse to accept that consideration, discretion, privacy is the norm and preferable. It works both ways. I took a pontoon mooring in a French marina this year and was later surrounded by 12 yachts from a certain south coast island club with a very blanch ensign?. They completely took over the pontoon with a “drinks party”to the extent that they complained when we tried to get past to get to the facilities. Live and let live is grand but let’s do it with consideration.
Kids on the beach were loud thousands of years ago as well their grandpa shouting at them (now at the phone). Was that true just 1/4mile from the beach on the water? Nope, that has been a quiet zone for all kinds of marine/bird life.
 

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Rubbish. We do live on a crowded island and some noise is inevitable - but. Uncontrolled, screaming kids with their equally uncontrolled (usually nowadays Grandparents), music played at mega decibels, motorbikes revved to the max smoking the tyres. Facetime, again usually Grandparents, sitting on a train or park bench shouting into their phone. The problem is that nowadays many people regard their personal activities as an absolute “right” and refuse to accept that consideration, discretion, privacy is the norm and preferable. It works both ways. I took a pontoon mooring in a French marina this year and was later surrounded by 12 yachts from a certain south coast island club with a very blanch ensign?. They completely took over the pontoon with a “drinks party”to the extent that they complained when we tried to get past to get to the facilities. Live and let live is grand but let’s do it with consideration.
Honestly you do realise that open spaces are for all and if they are noisy go somewere else this is why you have a choice.
Respect what! Your intolerance to noise , why can it not work the other way and respect peoples time outside.
Honestly sometimes these posts get more bizarre

As this is a boat forum I will give my wee story to , last year the clyde cruising club of around 20 + boats came up to oban pontoons all a good bunch , in all types of boat took over the whole pontoons and mingled with all the crews , well one boat opposite us decided to have a party and drinking and singing could be heard as the night continued it got louder
No problems to me my wife or 9 year old daughter, just went to bed listening to out of tune Jonny Cash,
Who cares they were having a good time , one night were they could meet up with friends and be happy
I even slept with the hatch open. Seriously people need to stop getting angry at trivial things like people having fun.
 

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Next we will want boats with generators, kayakers in their groups, motor boats that pass to close, kids laughing on a beach, lobster pots, anyone who has a loose halyard in the wind?, ferries , all Banned, so those in sailboats may have some quite sailing ??
Orcas ??
 

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Honestly you do realise that open spaces are for all and if they are noisy go somewere else this is why you have a choice.
Respect what! Your intolerance to noise , why can it not work the other way and respect peoples time outside.
Honestly sometimes these posts get more bizarre

As this is a boat forum I will give my wee story to , last year the clyde cruising club of around 20 + boats came up to oban pontoons all a good bunch , in all types of boat took over the whole pontoons and mingled with all the crews , well one boat opposite us decided to have a party and drinking and singing could be heard as the night continued it got louder
No problems to me my wife or 9 year old daughter, just went to bed listening to out of tune Jonny Cash,
Who cares they were having a good time , one night were they could meet up with friends and be happy
I even slept with the hatch open. Seriously people need to stop getting angry at trivial things like people having fun.
Sorry mr goose , but you are entirely wrong , enjoy ones self yes , but not to the discomfort of almost everyone else , to suggest that if one does not like the noise , discomfort even danger of a jet ski then best move on , now yoo ar avin a giraffe mate ;)
 

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Sorry mr goose , but you are entirely wrong , enjoy ones self yes , but not to the discomfort of almost everyone else , to suggest that if one does not like the noise , discomfort even danger of a jet ski then best move on , now yoo ar avin a giraffe mate ;)
They have been around for some decades and also have rights but I think that they should be registered and insured, incidentally I still call them water-scooters.
 

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Like human rights, your right to enjoyment stops where it interferes with my right to enjoy myself - and vice versa. There will always be a discussion - sometimes full and frank - over where the line is. As far as I'm concerned, kids playing happily isn't a noise I'm bothered by, a frapping halliard, OTOH, should be a hanging offence. Jetskis blasting around jumping the wake of a ship out in the middle of the Solent, good luck to 'em, charging through anchorages or swimming areas, pass me my Bofors.
 

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Like human rights, your right to enjoyment stops where it interferes with my right to enjoy myself - and vice versa. There will always be a discussion - sometimes full and frank - over where the line is. As far as I'm concerned, kids playing happily isn't a noise I'm bothered by, a frapping halliard, OTOH, should be a hanging offence. Jetskis blasting around jumping the wake of a ship out in the middle of the Solent, good luck to 'em, charging through anchorages or swimming areas, pass me my Bofors.

The issue has been discussed before, I think the consensus on a general solution also took shape:

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Just need to pick the right chandlery for torpedo nets...
 
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