Noise.

[ToMo]

I was walking arround Plymouth marina on Monday evening, there was a very light breeze but the racket created from untied rigging was dreadfull, I would hate to spend a night there in a strong wind!
Why do so many boat owners have so little consideration for others?.....it wasn't just the odd boat causing the problem - it was the majority!
TôMö

 

[Guest]

Plymouth folk can't sleep in silence. They must have NOISE to nod off to. Typical of most urban populations.

 

[rogerm]

It's not just the noise, although that what the rest of us suffer. I just can't understand why folk don't realise it's not doing either their mast or halyards any good......
Roger

 

[RupertW]

It baffles me too. Surely the very first night aboard teaches you that those ropey bits up the mast make a lot of noise, and the second night teaches you that your next door neighbours' halyards wake you up when you've tidied up your own?

It makes me think that many people never sleep on board...

...or maybe they don't bother frapping when they leave a boat because they don't think of other boat owners as people just like themselves. Hmmm...by that logic you'd also encounter yachties who shouted loudly late at night when tied up next to you, tied up at the fuel berth when popping off to the chandlers, and attached their dinghies really close to the dinghy dock.

I blame all the yokels and small-town folk who go sailing - those of us who live cheek-by-jowl in cities know what considerate behaviour means.

 

[Lynette]

I wish I could believe you.

Some of the yachts round us seem set up for the maximum clang factor. It goes on and on, day in day out, with never a sign of the owner. I wish we had the satisfaction of seeing the mast fall down in the end, or at least the halliards fray and snap, but even months of neglect show not the slighest evidence of damage.

Thick insulation on our yacht not only keeps the boat warm, it shuts out the racket of other people's halliards.

 

[Barnacle]

The key here is the never a sign of the owner. The halliards are frapped, then everything loosens and stretches a bit but no owner to notice!

 

[ccscott49]

I tend to tie the halyards "frap" of boats around me when the owners dont, have a bunch of short bits if line especially for the purpose. When I do see the owners, if atall, I give them shit about being inconsiderate to others, after explaining once about the racket and showing them how to stop it. One guy I know, told one particular owner about ten times, the owner then left them loose on purpose, just to piss him off, he was successful! The guy cut all his halyards! Not nice atall, I would not resort to such behaviour, I would just move! but you can understand it!!!

 

[BarryD]

And there was me thinking it was just to upset the motor boats moored alongside.

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