Pet hates ? (contributions from raggies welcome)

People who take ownership of the only cleat on a pontoon for a raft of 5 boats by wrapping 10 feet of their own line around it.

People who don't know how to extract a boat from the inside of a raft.

Mobos that think the 2 bits of string wrapped vaguely around something on my boat will hold their boat in all conditions who then troop off through my cockpit heading for the pontoon.
 
Raggies that can't afford or don't know how to use a motoring cone.

People who think the 6 Knot limit dosen't apply to them when passing Gillingham Pier.
 
Bloody Fishing Boats!!!!:mad::mad:

They're on one course so you go one way, just as you are getting close to passing safely, they alter course across you, okay, alter course again to stay out of their way...then just as you are settling back down they go back on their original course which again means you need to get out of their way!!!!

I avoid those boys like the plague!!


Don't even get me started about them fishing too close to the shore and finding all bits of crappy fishing net on the sea bed when snorkeling.
To date, I've manage to de-attach two fish which were trapped in an old piece of net which was stuck to a rock or an old mooring anchor!!
 
davedpc said:
Why do they run their smokey deisel's for ages before leaving or returning to their mooring? Petrol boats excepted.
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Now theres a good reason for that...............

Time to check everything is in working order before committing oneself to Neptunes pantry.

If it is smokey that in many cases is poor maintenance, apart from, you understand, my smokey old engine!

Tom
 
People who trailer there boats (mainly RIBs) and then park on both sides of the road in Lymington.

Now I love a chicane as much as the next man, but when the gap is so tight you can not fit through :mad:

Not to mention the times when a big boat is being delivered on a truck from say Holland and the poor bloke gets to within about 100 yards of his destination and is then stuck beacuse trailors are parked to close and left there for the whole weekend.

Now that is three posts, think I have issues :)
 
Narrowboat owners who run their engines whilst moored close to your boat on a busy visitor mooring at 7am for no other reason than to get hot water.

Narrowboat owners who fire up the generator at 8pm whilst moored close to your boat on a busy visitor mooring so that they can watch TV.

Narrowboat owners who take up 80ft of a busy visitor mooring and then refuse to let anyone raft up.

Oh ok narrowboat owners in general
 
Someone mentioned speed limits but if i do the 5Knt speed limit in the yacht i produce a fair bit of wash, in the speed boat at say 30 knts there is none. The signs should say 'No Wash'
 
Arrogant Boaters

Being woken at 5am by the Broom 50 moored in front of us starting up, and letting his engines idle at least half an hour before he was due to set off to catch the tide.

Having lain awake for 20 minutes thinking "It'll set off in a minute", I became so angry I got up and stormed over to said Broom owner and asked him to either get going or turn his engine off, it being 5.20am and all.

The smug g*t holding a mug of tea in his hand looked at me and said, with a self satisfied smirk on his face,
"Do you know how long it takes to demist the windows on a boat of this size?"

I replied "Yes, about 5 minutes WITH A CLOTH. You're not warming the engines or demisting the windows, you're just glazing your bores because diesel engines need to work to get hot. NOW TURN IT OFF!"

Strangely, at that, he did. Arrogant t***er.
 
People who, after a mooring prang, do a runner.

I've been known to chase people who've done this, even when I've no idea who the victim was. Drives my wife nuts - "dont get involved" she says!
 
I hate holiday makers and rib owners who have their toys out twice a year, they blast about without looking, then just run at the beach at full pelt because they are frightened of getting their feet wet. Idiots riding these things who try to chase or outrun you, my planing hull and twin 550 HP Detroit diesels starter motors are more powerful than their chainsaw engines, but still they try and end up having accidents.

Plonkers out in narrow boats hogging the river, travelling and weaving about like drunken lords, then moaning when you "just go for it", open the taps and pass. Try weaving about in front of them and watch them rock and roll just like Bill Haley.
 
Sundowner Portofino said:
Also people who insist on anchoring to close to us (and other boats). Even when an anchorage is virtually empty someone will come in and plonk themselves down close enough that if we swing in different directions we will hit each other.

Use your own chart and echo sounder and do not assume that just because we are there that there is enough water.
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Funny, that - same on rivers/canals - you moor at a nice peaceful spot, then an hour later 3 or 4 more boats tie up within yards. Must be because they live in backtoback terraces?
 
oldsaltoz said:
Calling commercial ships under way at night in areas that the main shipping channel is close to the coast,
only to check they have you in sight or on radar.

Then getting no response at all despite the fact that there are no other vessels in sight.

Often quote their position, heading, speed and ships name, but still no response.

It seems to get worse in the we small hours.
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Some within the industry imply local shipping companies are cutting costs and employing lower paid Asian crews. I would imagine there could be a communication problem with the watch keeper.
You only have to listen to the Port controls trying to make a conversation during pilot ground arrangements.

Dare I even mention recent groundings at Newcastle and the Barrier Reef....
 
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