The future of Solent sailing

laika said:
Interestingly a ~13m very new looking jeanneau had parked in the middle of a ~30m space in front of us and hung a fender on their outside saying "No Rafting: Covid 19 concerns". Perhaps they had a vulnerable person on board and who knows what someone else's situation is but they were making frequent runs ashore, maskless and without attempting to socially distance on pontoons so not sure what threat they thought people walking across their foredeck were.
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Sounds as though that is a variation of the old trick of hanging a load of drying babies towelling nappies on the guard rails at Poole Town Quay to dissuade possible raftees! ;):cool::whistle:
 
I spot cleaned my jeans and hung them over the guard rails....got some witty banter from a passing catamaran helm to the effect that my jeans would be a highly effective rafting deterrent ?
 
ZBM2 said:
Neither of course is that a problem in the Solent (at least over the booking horizon for Yarmouth) as tide tables and good 48 hour weather forecasts are readily available. ?
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Perhaps you could share a 48 hr weather forecast that has been accurate in August? The one that made me cancel under read the weather by at least 15 kts
 
AntarcticPilot said:
Sounds over complicated to me. Just hang the quarantine (Q) flag out!
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I think you may need to revisit your ICOS :)

If they were self isolating the multiple runs ashore were inconsistent. The sign wasn’t marina-supplied (the staff knew nothing about it). Whatever: if you’re hanging up a “no rafting” sign it’s pretty rude to park across 2 spaces making rafting more likely for others.
 
laika said:
I think you may need to revisit your ICOS :)

If they were self isolating the multiple runs ashore were inconsistent. The sign wasn’t marina-supplied (the staff knew nothing about it). Whatever: if you’re hanging up a “no rafting” sign it’s pretty rude to park across 2 spaces making rafting more likely for others.
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It’s bloody rude hanging the no rafting sign in the first place - there really are some selfish tosspots around.
 
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I find going ashore too much of a hassle.only do it to get supplies. Anchor up.dink ashore for nice walks and adventure.do understand that many enjoy eating out etc after a hard week but I don't have to consider anyone else.
 
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Biggles Wader said:
A couple of filthy fenders sends a clear enough message ;)
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Milady insisted on new fenders for Jazzcat, but I've kept some of the old ones, because there are times when there's no such thing as too many fenders. A couple had been left dangling in the 'oggin for months, if not years, and are covered in barnacles. I was going to clean 'em, but maybe I wont, now. :)
 
I suppose August in a year when few can go abroad is likely to be very busy indeed. I've resisted the urge to go anywhere in the UK. I wonder if next year will be different? I also wonder if a lot of the people who bought all the used boats, like hot cakes, during the last 18m or so, will have amongst them a large number of people who realise they didn't like sailing, or found it all too crowded. Thus the boat market will become more "normal" and hopefully places to stay too. If I thought this was the future, I'd give up all idea of buying a used boat and just charter abroad. Time will tell.
 
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