l'escargot
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If you are only staying a few hours, I doubt whether anyone would be particularly bothered if you didn't put shorelines out.
Rafting Etiquette
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Stats007
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scottie
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Worth remembering that if you are used to using a single central warp and engine in gear to hold then you are likely to take the whole raft for a sail which is not a good way to make friends!
Neil_Y
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Best etiquette was learnt in Spain, if the boat you're tieing up to has no body on board leave a bottle of wine in the cockpit. Seemed to work very well in France and Spain.
hlb
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Easiest way I've got out of a raft from the insides with a mobo is. Untie from the bank. Turn the whole raft round so you are now on the outsides. Leave as normal.
Rivers & creeks
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Of course, should have thought of that.
It's surprising how often people forget to be polite.
BruceK
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touché 
Stats007
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Or pay for their berth...
Fantasie 19
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stranded
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Yes, but who would do that.
laika
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Is this a common feeling amongst motorboaters? The whole "pass in front of the mast" etiquette is clearly sailing boat oriented and whilst slavishly following convention does have some advantage (it shows a willingness to be considerate even if the actual actions aren't ideal) if most motorboaters here would prefer rafters to use the bathing platform or cockpit perhaps we can re-write The Rules.
Given a combination of my tendency to avoid crowded places wherever possible and the fact that motorboats our length tend to have much higher freeboard therefore making them non-ideal rafting partners this isn't a situation I regularly encounter but I'd like to know how to best make my neighbours happy if I don't get the chance to ask them directly
john_morris_uk
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I was disappointed to read that some people hate rafting. Although it can be hard work at times (clambering over several boats, rearranging lines to allow inside boats to slip) it can be one of boating a pleasures. You get to meet people and we've lots of memories of friendships formed by the enforced introduction.
Regarding etiquette, asking first and being thoughtful and polite goes a long way.
I was always taught that if someone asks to come alongside then unless there's a VERY good reason the answer has to be an automatic 'yes'.
Bad etiquette: Saying no without reason. Lying about what time you're leaving. Leaving your dinghy tied mid ships to prevent any other boat coming alongside. Being noisy or having a party without asking your neighbours. Playing loud music and all other anti social things.
Good etiquette boils down to 'being polite and thoughtful'. It's conventional to walk across foredecks but if you want people to walk across your bathing platform just ask? I don't have a problem with leaving fenders out on the outboard side as I quite like people not to scrape my topsides.
Regarding etiquette, asking first and being thoughtful and polite goes a long way.
I was always taught that if someone asks to come alongside then unless there's a VERY good reason the answer has to be an automatic 'yes'.
Bad etiquette: Saying no without reason. Lying about what time you're leaving. Leaving your dinghy tied mid ships to prevent any other boat coming alongside. Being noisy or having a party without asking your neighbours. Playing loud music and all other anti social things.
Good etiquette boils down to 'being polite and thoughtful'. It's conventional to walk across foredecks but if you want people to walk across your bathing platform just ask? I don't have a problem with leaving fenders out on the outboard side as I quite like people not to scrape my topsides.
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scottie
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Seen it done to much shouting
Lucky Duck
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Last season seemed particularly bad for getting outside boats moving either at the agreed time in August at St Peter Port at all! (Apparently they had arrived late and 7am was too early for them
)john_morris_uk
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Last season seemed particularly bad for getting outside boats moving either at the agreed time in August at St Peter Port at all! (Apparently they had arrived late and 7am was too early for them
I just move them myself. (Not setting them free as some people suggest!). Sometimes you have to leave a crew on the dock to make their lines off and come back to get them but it's all possible.
Usually the reluctant risers soon appear on deck when their lines are being undone/adjusted.
