Unlikely cockups in a boat

[tcm]

Here's a good one. New skipper plus two crew, 70 foot ferretti, setting off from a stern-to mooring. First movement on the boat and what does the skipper do - he smashes the electric/water unit on the quayside. But how did that happen - he was on his way out - not on his way in?

He left someone of the quayside, who was letting go of the rear lines. But since they had used power winches and/or windlass to tighten the lines, as soon as just one rear line was removed, the boat started moving out. So the poor sod on the quayside had to be picked up. So, he reversed a bit. But the fwd line was holding him on out, so, bit more revs, waves to guy at front, who releases the fwd line and whoosh the boat zooms back and the passarelle whams the electric box on the quayside, crunch.

Moral of the story is that its always worth watching a boat coming in or going out, cos you might miss the action. Oops, no, the moral is for a stern mooring to attach a slip line at the rear before undoing the main rear lines if you are attached with any tension, then let go the other rear lines, then slip line, spring forward then remove fwd line.

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[claymore]

No wonder you don't bother with sails, you must be exhausted simply getting off your pontoons.

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Claymore
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[BarryH]

Best cock up I made was putting the boat on the wrong trailer. Two silver range rovers on slip with trailers in the water. Went for what I thought was mine., it had kids in the back seat. Drove boat on trailer and gave honk on horn. Wifey, weren't mine, pulled us up off the slip and back towrds the caravan, with me telling the silly bitch so and so it was the wtong van. Went in the cabin to get stuff out ready for putting it all away. There on the bed was my two kids asleep, Jumps out the boat and asks wifey "where the hell did you get 2 more kids from". Then it dawned on me. It weren't my wife, were'nt my kids and weren't my Range Rover or trailer. It was 11pm and dark though.

Pity really, the woman was quiet good looking and the car was newer than mine. Her husband didn't wana swop though.......don't blame him, my wife weren't happy though!!

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[Deleted User YDKXO]

Agree with claymore. Stern to mooring is bloody exhausting. All that faffing about at the stern, you tension one rope and the others go slack, you tension the others and the first one goes slack and then you have to give yourself a double hernia hauling up the bowlines. Ooh sorry I forgot about those filthy lazy lines which are always tangled up with next door's dripping mud all over your pristine decks. I need oxygen after mooring up. There's got to be an easier way

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[LadyInBed]

I reckon the MoBo on the rock (now being used by Specsaver in current PBO) takes some beating.

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[ArthurWood]

All it takes is practice, Mike

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