zefender
Active member
Had a great day out on Friday (sadly other plans put paid to a longer stay). On the way back to Port Solent though, I noticed just how low the tide was. About a mile out from the lock I saw a sailboat on its side in the midlle of the (dredged) channel some 200 yeards ahead. Reckoning that it was about as low as it would get, I dropped the hook with about one foot beneath the keel and poured a glass of wine for a short wait. Even came over all traditional and put an anchor ball up as some kind of warning for the stream of other boats coming in behind. Some stopped , albeit a bit quicker than they expected! Radio started echoing to various marinas making "never known anything like it" type comments. Then, a 38' or so moteryboaty came past all the boats in the channel, both aground and (just) floating, doing about 8 knots. A low freeboard wooden boat at anchor got some nasty wash and we avoided slamming down on our keel only because we were by then almost aground. I'm sure the boat ahead on its side got a very unwelcome drenching. What a pillock! I'm not at all anti-stinkie but it was such a stupid thing to do.
How about a new Forum - 'Rogues Gallery' where idiocy can be aired - with the boat name published.Then a plea for the defence/clemency could be written by the subject of the allegation and a jury of forum 'wise people' set up to reach guilty/not guilty verdict and a ceromonial public (or virtual) burning of the burgee (or boat for the most serious offences, natch) . I'm not talking here about everyday (for me) 'embarassing mistakes' - just ignorant behaviour.
Of course, the party responsible for numbskull actions is unlikely to be a visitor to these flora but the fun would be that all of us would know and they may begin to get a bit of a complex when, everytime they go out on the water, lots of people start pointing and jeering at them!
How about a new Forum - 'Rogues Gallery' where idiocy can be aired - with the boat name published.Then a plea for the defence/clemency could be written by the subject of the allegation and a jury of forum 'wise people' set up to reach guilty/not guilty verdict and a ceromonial public (or virtual) burning of the burgee (or boat for the most serious offences, natch) . I'm not talking here about everyday (for me) 'embarassing mistakes' - just ignorant behaviour.
Of course, the party responsible for numbskull actions is unlikely to be a visitor to these flora but the fun would be that all of us would know and they may begin to get a bit of a complex when, everytime they go out on the water, lots of people start pointing and jeering at them!