Peeing over the side

[Simes]

Over the past 3 seasons we have experienced an increase in the number of men who are peeing over the side. I am not talking about whilst on passage and there is no one around, but whilst in the Harbour or Marina. In talking with friends about this we have discovered that we are not alone in being offended.

Yesterday afternoon whilst taking the dingy down past East Cowes Marina there was a chap urinating over the side of a Westerly (I will not name the vessel in an effort to preserve his modesty), My Wife was in the dingy and was offended by this chap with his dick out in plain view.

Last year in the same marina friends found a chap urinating on to their boat when they asked "what the hell are you doing?" they were told "You should not be looking".

Cowes week 3 years ago two Soldiers urinating over the side from one of the "Sail Army" boats on their mooring.

Am we unique in finding this sort of behaviour unacceptable?
Possibly we are, as there appears to be nothing that can be done about these louts on our waters.

HAVE YOU HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES OR WORSE?
Simes

 

[bjl]

Whilst none of us has the right to go through life without being offended, we can do something about it if we want to. Report it or do nothing but don't open a debate about it.

 

[[32511]]

My pal, Peter Leigh-Woods, does it frequently, but never with a spectator.

 

[dylanwinter]

Etiquette

Whilst none of us has the right to go through life without being offended, we can do something about it if we want to. Report it or do nothing but don't open a debate about it.

I think it is an interesting subject and well worth airing

For small boats - sometimes without loos - or when it is the loo of last resort it is a problem

when we used to race in a boat with no loo then leaning on the backstay for a pee was common

even when Jill was racing with us (tough woman_

we were so bad that there were seldom any boats behind us

and the general rule was if there was some-one close enough to see any small anatomical details then it is best not to do it -

peeing on another man's boat in a marina is a bit rude though

generally it is easy enough to look the other way

as for the army boys peeing in formation - classic bit of male bonding

all round I think it is a much smaller problem than displaying a bluey when you are only allowd a red one

or

even worse using the wrong type of anchor

or

failing to do a radio check every time you step foot on the boat



Dylan

PS - who would you report it to - the harbourmaster, the race officer, the police, Mary Whitehouse

 

[lustyd]

A friend of mine in Scotland always goes over the side - even when we were in a Force 8 in the Irish sea. I even joked with him once that he would one day be found dead with his manhood out floating about somehwere since he also does this when sailing solo

 

[PilotWolf]

A friend of mine in Scotland always goes over the side - even when we were in a Force 8 in the Irish sea. I even joked with him once that he would one day be found dead with his manhood out floating about somehwere since he also does this when sailing solo

Joking apart I read somewhere that this was/is a likely cause of more MOB than you would imagine.

W.

PS I was always taught one had for yourself and one for the boat... sorry but the boat is going going to loose this time

 

[dylanwinter]

when alone

A friend of mine in Scotland always goes over the side - even when we were in a Force 8 in the Irish sea. I even joked with him once that he would one day be found dead with his manhood out floating about somehwere since he also does this when sailing solo

scoop bailer when alone and its rough

to fall over the side would be so humiliating

Dylan

 

[Lakesailor]

there was a chap urinating over the side of a Westerly (I will not name the vessel in an effort to preserve his modesty),

He wasn't bothered about modesty, why not name the boat?

Apparently Well-Rigged use this practice but you wouldn't notice as it just looks as though he has left a warp trailing.

 

[chrisedwards]

the only good reason to give up free standing masts

 

[oldgit]

Having spent years working on the Medway and also when on my previous boats did it all the time preferably with no audience,mainly due to derision from onlookers.
However due to climbing up the food chain in boat size,combings tend to be bit higher and am now unable to get "over the top",so now tend to use my posh freshwater electric bog.
Having a discrete whizz into the briny is just part and parcel of being a proper boater up here on the East Coast and would not dare to comment on what is acceptable in more effete parts of the coast.

 

[SimbaDog]

Whilst none of us has the right to go through life without being offended, we can do something about it if we want to. Report it or do nothing but don't open a debate about it.

This is a forum for debating boating issues!

 

[Lakesailor]

He wouldn't have got the hang of that yet.

 

[alant]

A friend of mine in Scotland always goes over the side - even when we were in a Force 8 in the Irish sea. I even joked with him once that he would one day be found dead with his manhood out floating about somehwere since he also does this when sailing solo

Exactly that happened to a mate sailing off east coast of S/Africa.

Broad daylight, went to the stern from centre cockpit Moody 38 & vanished.
By the time the helm & offwatch crew got the boat around, he had gone.

 

[sailorman]

This is a forum for debating boating issues!

Life is like a pubic hair on a toilet seat.
eventually you get pissed off

 

[aluijten]

I think an essential part of the OP's question was about peeing overboard whilst being in a marina.

I'd be offended. I mean, if you are too lazy to walk to the lavatory (presuming there is one in the marina), then why do you have a boat in the first place (as boat are a lot of work).

 

[kds]

yachting traditions

I recall my first trip in a cruising yacht in the mid '60s, under the guidance of an ex-ww11 air/sea rescue skipper. His navigation, as you can imagine, was legendary and he navigated for many of the big names in post-war offshore racing, having also been a dinghy crew for Uffa Fox.
He was a stickler for yachting tradition and seamanship.
My wife and I were woken early one morning while moored on the piles in Cowes harbour, by scuffling outside our window. A pair of trousers descended and he performed a full job over the side.
I later (bravely)remonstrated with him.

He responded:
" Before 9.00 O' Clock - ! No ladies on deck before 9.00 O' Clock !" and the matter was closed.
You may recall that the trots of Piles were almost in the centre of the Medina - almost a natural amphitheatre.
It is a very long tradition to pee over the side - even when loos became popular on small boats - it was a major palaver to use one - -- for a wee !!
And yes - I still do. (mind you - not easy in very cold weather !!!! )
Does it really matter ? Surely your wife can look away ?
I also pee in a hedge or wall or rock when walking or climbing in UK. Are you going to complain about that too ?
Ken

 

[sarabande]

my bro in the RNLI said they have an acronym for the majority of men found drowned.


FIFO - Fell In, Flies Open.

 

[Lakesailor]

We had along standing (or crouching) tradition in my family of a behind-the-stone-wall-pee as we spent many weekends out on the North Yorks Moors.

 

[alant]

I recall my first trip in a cruising yacht in the mid '60s, under the guidance of an ex-ww11 air/sea rescue skipper. His navigation, as you can imagine, was legendary and he navigated for many of the big names in post-war offshore racing, having also been a dinghy crew for Uffa Fox.
He was a stickler for yachting tradition and seamanship.
My wife and I were woken early one morning while moored on the piles in Cowes harbour, by scuffling outside our window. A pair of trousers descended and he performed a full job over the side.
I later (bravely)remonstrated with him.

He responded:
" Before 9.00 O' Clock - ! No ladies on deck before 9.00 O' Clock !" and the matter was closed.
You may recall that the trots of Piles were almost in the centre of the Medina - almost a natural amphitheatre.
It is a very long tradition to pee over the side - even when loos became popular on small boats - it was a major palaver to use one - -- for a wee !!
And yes - I still do. (mind you - not easy in very cold weather !!!! )
Does it really matter ? Surely your wife can look away ?
I also pee in a hedge or wall or rock when walking or climbing in UK. Are you going to complain about that too ?
Ken

If you think a public marina is ok, then you may as well OK peeing in the High Street.

As you stated, you pee IN a hedge or rock, so are shielded from view.
Thats not the same as whirling your tosher for all to see off the back of a boat. Families use marinas & your bits are likely to offend.

 

[awol]

I feel sympathy for the OP - being offended by a perfectly natural act and/or sight of a body part must be a heavy burden to bear. As the owner of an enlarged prostate I have been forced to overcome my own reservations on peeing in public - the choice being to get it out or to wet my pants and the urgency of this decision is immediate and cannot easily be avoided. It used to embarrass me but a cycling event in France where such reservations were so obviously not in evidence cured me.
If you don't like it don't look. As for peeing on someone's boat that is beyond the pail.