nicho
Well-known member
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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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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