Own up!

Never. Been shouted at by the crew though!!

Oh, unless you count rowers - shouted at one once, even used a rude word - the number of times which I've shouted an expletive at someone in my life and meant it can be counted on one solitary finger.. :)

Edit: actually twice, the second time also being a rower who crashed into my boat and then called me a c**t (note: I was moored up on the riverbank at the time!!). Not sure if that counts though, cos I went round to the rowing club to shout back, so I wasn't on the boat at the time.

PS don't actually have a problem with rowers, just coincidence...
 
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From a personal point of view, I think the only skippers that won't have shouted are the ones that don't look out for their crews safety.

When sailing (with flappy things) I always told the crew you may here me shout, I will be shouting to you not at you, work out the difference.

Tom.
 
Picture very windy day in St Malo F5 to 6 with the future Mrs Bandit many moons ago in a 31ft Sunseeker sports boat with outdrives and on the 6th attempt to pick up a rope on a buoy with a boathook teetering on the bow.

So I encourage her with a bit of volume and a reasonable instruction from master to crew to " pick the effin rope up" a reasonable direct instruction unequivocal or so I thought.

Her retort was to chuck the 6ft wooden boat hook at me with those immortal words "pick the effin rope up yourself".

I considered a course of disciplinary action, possibly the cat or keel hauling or at the least a severe reprimand and a note on her pay book but these were dropped.
 
A couple or three times, all at my teenage son when not responding to "get your hands out of your pockets when standing on the bow please" as we're coming into berth
 
Never...the crew for 'Lisilou' are perfection personified. (gotta say that coz they're probably reading this!)
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:p
 
Once at my eldest son who was supposed to have tied the boat to the pontoon, but instead tied it to itself. One very worried yacht owner nearby. Did I say that he's now at Cambridge uni doing a maths degree. :o
 
teenage sons specialize in deliberate slow motion responses to fairly urgent instructions in order to establish their independence of thought.
"I'll do this when I think the time is right, not when dad says" At this point the manouver is lost and voices are raised.
 
I was rowing back to the boat against a very strong ebb tide on the river at Conwy and struggling to make progress and getting tired and I shouted at my daughter who was paddling to assist and had stopped to rest. A liitle plaintive reply came back- " I would but I'm only 8 and I'm not very strong". Ashamed father!
 
What's wrong in shouting to be heard?
Anyone in command of a vessel who never had to shout to the crew must have:
- never maneuvered in strong wind, or
- a boat small enough that the distance between the helm and the maneuvering positions is very close, or
- portable radios.
 
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