Rafting up etiquette

nicho

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In Yarmouth (IOW) harbour, there's no choice on a busy weekend - you raft where you are told to raft. Some years ago, a German visiting yacht was refusing to have anyone raft alongside, screaming "Nein, Nein", and pushing off anyone who tried. It did not take long for the HM to order him to leave (to loud cheers from many!!).

On a lighter note, when I was still a "stinkie", we rafted (in Yarmouth)our S37 along side several other motorboats (they seem to segregate motor from power there!) - the harbour was very full, and we returned in the dinghy to see a similar sized sailing boat rafted to us. The skipper was one of these 'loud' sorts, that tend to dominate (that I find rather objectionable). For the whole harbour to hear he shouted "I don't know what my friends will say when I tell them I had to raft next to a stinkpot". "Don't worry, mate" I replied, "You're about as welcome as a genital rash!!"

After that we got on very well!

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Sorry, not insured !

What happens if somebody crosses your foredeck to reach his vessel outside, trips on your fairlead and breaks his neck? Are you insured? Is "Sorry, I'm not insured!" a valid reason to tell a vessel to raft up elsewhere? I saw a ref to this in one of the latest yachting mags, maybe PBO, but I can't find it again. Most of us are insured for Third Party claims in case we hit something, I suppose, but I never thought of it in this context. It's alarming.

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hah. I think, though, that stinkies and yotties are rafter sepretly as they have incompatible shapes and freeboard. Or at least, that's what i thought until now praps!...

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Re: new notice

I know what my reaction would be.......then I would tie up alongside!

Interestingly the article in YM this month makes it clear that a document waiving rights to a claim would not be enforcable anyway.

I think that if anyone is so worried about possibly being sued then he shouldn't be parked up where others may want to come alongside. Perhaps he should go into a marina somewhere else.

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Re: Is that the article that also mentions insurance.

Poor chap on a boat next to us last year had a fire on board which put his engine out of action. We weren't there at the time, but apparently it nearly got out of control. Luckily he just managed to put it out. Also luckily for him it was a catamaran so he was able to get away using the other engine!

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In guernsey a few years ago we came into St Peter Port with the usual rush of boats. One of them was a brand new Hallberg Rassy 42 (it would be wouldn't it) whose owner made a fuss about where he wanted to berth

Next day when we were all tied up and waiting to enjoy the evening's quota of new arrivals endure the scrum we had all endured 24 hours previously.

For some reason the owner of the Hallberg Rassy absolutely refused to have anyone alongside - in the Victoria marina for God's sake! So he decided to move instead and as he rushed around untying lines etc his wife - well one of the two women aboard - fell into the water. She was hauled out by the harbour master in his dory, wet but otherwise OK it appeared.

Among the other yachties watching the sorry saga unfold the poor woman's plight didn't elicit the sympathy it should have done.

Peter





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I've just read the letter in this months PBO and I must say I'm absoluely staggered by the sheer arrogance of the writer!!

I'm not sure which planet he usually sails on but he genuinely seems to believe that once he's tied up then he has secured for himself his little bit of the Solent for just as long as he sees fit.

My sympathies go out to any poor soul who suddenly finds he's got this boat alongside over a long bank holiday weekend.

Cheers

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>>>I've just read the letter in this months PBO and I must say I'm absoluely staggered by the sheer arrogance of the writer!! My sympathies go out to any poor soul who suddenly finds he's got this boat alongside over a long bank holiday weekend.

I've heard he's heading for Cherbourg this weekend because it's bound to be half deserted!

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