Julies Training School.

[nonitoo]

Watching mooring disasters is one of the joys of marina life, we all get it wrong on occasion, and, provided there is no injury or damage, it is entertaining to watch others get it wrong. It also brings out the maritime need for normally quiet people to shout continually.

There, but for the grace of God, go I.

BTW give me a long keeled single screw boat in preference to my shallow draft outdrive craft for mooring any time.

I speak as one who, for 30 years, was paid to park and unpark boats of all sizes and who can still get it wrong.

Tom

 

[kitkattoo]

When we were allocated our mooring at the marina it took ages to to master the art of looking like we new what we were doing when mooring up.

Then Mrs Kitkat deceided she wanted to move the boat to a better mooring(this was some 2 yrs later).

Missed the new mooring at first attempt, did a 360 plus a bit, nudged a couple of other boats, the pontoon then hit us? now by this stage felt like total beginers, beads of sweat, and looks from Mrs Kitkat that could kill at twenty paces,

Anyway after about an hour we moored up perfectly
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Back at our old mooring.!!!


But watching others is still good fun, in a nice way

 

[Brayman]

It's a useful training video to show how NOT to do it. The pontoon aides were obviously not experienced or they wouldn't have pulled the bow line so tight.

 

[hlb]

Dont forget, this is only the end of the fiasco. Now, the first part started when the crew, finnished up on the pontoon and not on the boat!

 

[Brayman]

Ah, the old trick of getting off empty handed!

 

[Major Catastrophe]

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It also brings out the maritime need for normally quiet people to shout continually.

[/ QUOTE ] I find that shouting hysterically and waving my arms wildly, not only motivates the crew to perform better, but it concentrates my mind on the job at hand and signals to the entire marina that they should have look at my totally incompetent crew.

I also mind that butting the pontoon is perfect punctuation to my diatribe.

Anyway, once I have safely landed the beast and glared at the crew, I find most of the gathered crowd aren't looking at me at all.