Peeing over the side

[ukmctc]

was she embarrassed as her husbands was smller or bigger? I'm afraid its 2011 and no-one cares anymore standards have dropped and so have manners. Boating never was a gentlemans game, there are just snotty yachties and grotty yachties, the latter usually being the more pleasant and polite type.

 

[Fantasie 19]

"WW2 or WWII, or have I missed 9 massive global wars ?"

Google "roman numerals".
Ken

Why..?? the original poster wrote "ex-WW11"...

 

[Seajet]

I noticed world wars have been 'turned up to Eleven' too !

I'm still trying to get over MoodyNick's comment; some people ought to be quietly marched off the pontoon with a lead weight attached...

Talking of Eleven, the educated among you will know what's coming next...stick with it for a minute or so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll7rWiY5obI

 

[xyachtdave]

Recently in our marina somebody actually pooed in the cockpit of another boat during the night - it cost him about £300 for a full valet as compensation.

I expect we won't find even the more liberal users of YBW approving of that.....

 

[Simes]

No its not. There is no law against being naked in public.

However it is illegal to deliberately offend somebody by exposing one's genitals, eg flashing in a sexual manner.

Hi MoodyNick,

I was para phrasing for the sake of brevity. I did look the law up prior to posting.

If your nudity offends someone else then an offence has been committed. It is not illegal to urinate in the street, is is illegal to cause offence (local ordinances may differ).

I was really more concerned on whether the forum felt that this was acceptable behaviour in this modern age.

 

[Downsman]

If you really must do it, why not tie coloured ribbons on it, then spectators might think you're taking soundings ?..

 

[Georgio]

My Wife was in the dingy and was offended by this chap with his dick out in plain view.

Given that half the population have one is it really that shocking?

Ok, peeing in the marina is a wee bit lazy but it's hardly the end of the world.

Yes, I often pee of the side of the boat, occasionally in the marina (normally late in the evening) but generally check that there are no kids around.

 

[salinia]

In my view its unacceptable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY3X63cvSew&feature=player_detailpage

(Did you see what I did there)

 

[Neil]

Having an open boat without any toilet facilities, needs must I pee in the open. However, I usually buckit and chuckit. My last boat (mobo) had gunwales too high to comfortably pee over the side. Further, with any sort of audience, I tend to lose force behind the stream and end up peeing on the gunwales. "Pissing against the wind" is also a well known phenomenon, and even with the wind on your own stern quarter, errant gusts can still cause inconvenient overspray. In a crowd, with loose shorts, micturition into a bucket can be achieved with considerable discretion.

 

[farmerdan79]

I feel that some people are taking the piss here (!)

On another note a friend of mine has a half tonner with the heads raised in the forepeak, as he is 6ft 8, he has to open the hatch and poke his head out whenever "sitting"...

...he often chats to other boats whilst completing his task...

 

[sailorman]

I feel that some people are taking the piss here (!)

On another note a friend of mine has a half tonner with the heads raised in the forepeak, as he is 6ft 8, he has to open the hatch and poke his head out whenever "sitting"...

...he often chats to other boats whilst completing his task...

Thats an SL 400 then

 

[ricky_s]

How about number twos then?

 

[prv]

I don't fit in the heads "compartment" of my boat. I can just about manage by leaning my body in through the door, and this I will do in busy surroundings like marinas. Anywhere else, I stand between the mizzen shrouds. A useful definition of "busy" might be "close enough to see what I'm doing is ok, close enough to see what I'm doing it with is not."

I think you would have to have had a very sheltered upbringing to be offended by this. If you did have, and are, I'm afraid that's your problem and not mine.

Female friends (and indeed my mother) are not upset by the gentlemen stepping onto the aft deck. Fortunately I have not taken sailing any ladies too large to fit into the heads!

As for falling over the side, firstly I have a more secure position among the mizzen rigging than most backstay-huggers, and secondly if rough/dark/singlehanded etc I bring up a big canvas belt with a lanyard around the mizzenmast.

Obviously peeing onto someone else's boat is not acceptable.

Pete

 

[Victoria Sponge]

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.

Yes, anyone can get caught short but it's being discrete about it that's important.

 

[prv]

How about number twos then?

Definitely one for singlehanded and well out to sea!

Pete

 

[AngusMcDoon]

How about number twos then?

An advantage of a trimaran is the opportunity that the structure presents for what is known as a 'beam dump'. There is a very handy gap between the aft edge of the trampoline and the aft beam. I'm sure you can use your imagination.

 

[alant]

An advantage of a trimaran is the opportunity that the structure presents for what is known as a 'beam dump'. There is a very handy gap between the aft edge of the trampoline and the aft beam. I'm sure you can use your imagination.

But NOT in East Cowes Marina I assume!

 

[RobinBirch]

I don't pee over the side of the boat - water is always too cold

 

[prv]

But NOT in East Cowes Marina I assume!

Well, East Cowes is a bit more downmarket than real Cowes, isn't it?

Pete

 

[TamarMike]

How about number twos then?

When sailing alone I do find that a bucket in the cockpit is a lot less hassle, and has a better view, than using the heads with all that opening and shutting seacocks in the bottom of a locker and pumping.