Rafting up - Shoes On or Off when crossing other boats - Vote time

[superheat6k]

Time for a vote folks ...

 

[rogerthebodger]

And across the fordeck only

 

[duncan99210]

And across the fordeck only

Except when asked to use the cockpit! We sleep in the forecabin, late night returners are asked to use the cockpit to minimise the chances of the elephants parade disturbing our gentle slumbers.

 

[PaulRainbow]

I voted shoes on, with the proviso that they should be suitable shoes and if a request was made to cross using carpet tiles or the like, that request be followed.

 

[johnalison]

I voted shoes on, with the proviso that they should be suitable shoes and if a request was made to cross using carpet tiles or the like, that request be followed.

Common sense really.

 

[rogerthebodger]

Common sense really.

I normally sail without shoes anyway because its can be more comfortable in the tropical heat and in the warm summer nights.

The only other issue is that in the midday sun the out deck can be so hot that it burns bare feet so shoes are essential.

 

[RichardS]

It's a daft poll because we don't know what the skippers of the inner boats have requested.

Richard

 

[TernVI]

And all dogs must be carried?

 

[eddystone]

3rd option
Shoes on plus over socks (provided by transit boat)

 

[jordanbasset]

I would go along with what the person on the inside boat(s) would prefer

 

[prv]

It's a daft poll because we don't know what the skippers of the inner boats have requested.

+1

I’ve never taken shoes off to cross a raft, but if the person inside asked us to then I wouldn’t tell them to piss off like the people in the original post did.

Pete

 

[sgr143]

"Dogs must be carried"... well, that's me stuck on my own boat then, unless I borrow a dog from somewhere or other. </old joke>

 

[Sticky Fingers]

"Dogs must be carried"... well, that's me stuck on my own boat then, unless I borrow a dog from somewhere or other. </old joke>

As featured in Paddington The Movie

 

[JumbleDuck]

It's a daft poll because we don't know what the skippers of the inner boats have requested.

A return to an imaginary version of 1952, judging by the other thread.

 

[Praxinoscope]

Stilettos and boats just do not go together, I would expect SWMBO not to wear 'heels' until ashore, until then boat shoes or similar, especially if having to cross over someone else's deck. This is partly a safety thing, high heels and a moving deck are not an equation for stability, secondly the damage stilettos can do do a wooden surface can be extreme, not so bad on GRP where it is more of a safety thing.

 

[Bobc]

And all dogs must be carried?

Hahaha! You haven't sailed in France yet, have you.

 

[Mikedefieslife]

I don't understand the concept. Unless the other boat has big problems and is desperate for a safe harbour, why would you let someone raft up to your boat? If it was me and the marina asked is another boat could raft up I would expect a minimum of a 50% discount for the sheer inconvenience and reduced privacy. Very odd practice.

 

[James_Calvert]

You were never in Ramsgate in a 13 deep raft with me!

In the absence of pontoon berths, that's what you do.

 

[Praxinoscope]

I don't understand the concept. Unless the other boat has big problems and is desperate for a safe harbour, why would you let someone raft up to your boat? If it was me and the marina asked is another boat could raft up I would expect a minimum of a 50% discount for the sheer inconvenience and reduced privacy. Very odd practice.

Might not be normal in a marina, but quite common when mooring up on a town quay or similar. I remember years ago (1970's) in Lymington, when in our little Leisure 17, ending up as the inside boat to six others all of them over 25-30' .
Everyone was very friendly, always asked to cross over us and we all had lines to the quay.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I don't understand the concept. Unless the other boat has big problems and is desperate for a safe harbour, why would you let someone raft up to your boat? If it was me and the marina asked is another boat could raft up I would expect a minimum of a 50% discount for the sheer inconvenience and reduced privacy. Very odd practice.

It is rarely an option in a marina. This is about places where you tie up to a quay or to a single line of pontoons, where rafting is usual and expected. For example, Ha'penny Quay at Harwich, the pontoons at Campbelltown, the pontoons at the Scottish Water Sports Centre on Great Cumbrae, and many others.

Just to add my twopennyworth, I would not expect to be asked to remove my shoes, and would probably refuse if asked. It would be a serious hazard - a stubbed toe could lead to a broken bone, and I don't know where the various obstacles likely on a boat are to be found on a strange boat. I wear shoes on my own boat, and naturally choose ones that are suitable for sailing.; if they're good enough for my decks, theyre good enough for anyone's. Further, I know several people for whom going without shoes is not an option - through injury or ill-health they require specially built shoes to enable them to walk!

I would object to anyone crossing my decks in heels, for two reasons - 1) it concentrates the pressure on a very small area, making damage highly likely, and 2) it wouldn't be safe - heels might well catch in obstructions on deck resulting in a fall at best; a ducking or drowning at worst.