Where do you park a 40ft boat?

[Skylark]

I think that we should report the officious traffic warden, aka snooks, to the RYA. The RYA exists to protect our freedom as sailors against unwarranty intervention from officialdom. You need to take a chill pill and wind yer neck in a bit, pal.

 

[JumbleDuck]

The original photo has the name blacked out but they failed to black out the reflection in the water.

Ah yes, I see. Still can't read it, unfortunately.

 

[Lakesailor]

You should worry. I still can't see a blue ensign.

 

[Wandering Star]

There are a 101 valid scenarios - there was a small boat parked ahead which subsequently departed, if the place had been busy maybe there had been a large boat parked sideways on to the main walkway which has since departed, there are no tied up shore lines visible which might suggest the boat is only tied up temporarily whilst a crew member has nipped ashore to pay the Marina fee for last nights stay. I can probably come up with other 98 scenarios if anyone's really interested (other than Snooks) in why a blue 40 Beneteau is parked as it is in what appears to be a half empty Marina.

 

[doug748]

Ok, say you own a 40 ft boat and you find a space approx 80 ft long in a marina....Where do you moor?
At the end closest or furthest from the entrance?











How about in the middle?



The next celebrity to come along then parks exactly in the middle of one of the remaining spaces; and so it goes.

 

[BlackJack'sGaff]

I must get some of those invisible mooring warps!

 

[DJE]

Dare I say poor composition! Motor boat in the background confusing the image. You must have been cross!

 

[Pinnacle]

Doesn't look like they have just arrived/just about to depart - the cover is on the wheel/binnacle/table.

 

[oldbilbo]

Doesn't look like they have just arrived/just about to depart - the cover is on the wheel/binnacle/table.

Aha! That suggests the owner/Admiralty Warrant Holder is not on board.... As wearing a defaced ensign without the presence of the Warrant Holder is a much greater crime than wally parking, may I suggest that Snooks finds himself a Serving Naval Officer and insist he does his duty as taught at RNC Britannia, and confiscates the thing.

Oh, and The Good Robin Sjoberg won't do. He's only a retired brigadier.... and wrong Service!

 

[Pinnacle]

Aha! That suggests the owner/Admiralty Warrant Holder is not on board.... As wearing a defaced ensign without the presence of the Warrant Holder is a much greater crime than wally parking, may I suggest that Snooks finds himself a Serving Naval Officer and insist he does his duty as taught at RNC Britannia, and confiscates the thing.

Oh, and The Good Robin Sjoberg won't do. He's only a retired brigadier.... and wrong Service!

Not sure I agree with your reasoning.

 

[TeamSpirit]

Its Cowes YH he's paid more than enough money to use the entire pontoon !

 

[Resolution]

Aha! That suggests the owner/Admiralty Warrant Holder is not on board.... As wearing a defaced ensign without the presence of the Warrant Holder is a much greater crime than wally parking, may I suggest that Snooks finds himself a Serving Naval Officer and insist he does his duty as taught at RNC Britannia, and confiscates the thing.

Oh, and The Good Robin Sjoberg won't do. He's only a retired brigadier.... and wrong Service!

I think the rule is actually that the warrant holder must be on board or "in control", which my club has interpreted as being in the immediate vicinity. Specifically we have been told we can go ashore and still leave the ensign up. Until sundown of course.

 

[Searush]

I certainly don't feel the need to remove mine if I pop to the pub, shops or chippy.

 

[WestWittering]

There was plenty of space behind him and that is where the sailing school 37/39ft HR tied up. We were the other side of the finger, adjacent to the HR in the over half-empty marina.

Pointless sniping & the photo is taken from a 'good' angle.

Di

 

[Daydream believer]

I certainly would not snipe at the boat in the photo because I do not know the full story
However, the thread does raise the issue of how some fail to consider others
My particular bug bears are the people who enter locks & moor at the first bollard they can catch & s.d the yachts behind
Or the yacht on the outside of a raft who deliberately leave the yacht un attended when they know ( having been asked) to be ready for an inside yacht to leave
Or the inside yacht that says he will leave at a certain time & so you are ready & then the yacht does not leave
& let's face it I am sure many of us have seen yachts arrive & park indiscriminately with no thought for others
Or the bloke in our marina who got to the hose before me -when I needed to fill up just before I departed on the tide
Then when anyone passed by he stopped to talk for ages & just stood there with the hose discharging into the sea

It goes on & on-- Get out of my way you lot - I am the only one entitled to a berth !!!!!!

 

[LionsDen]

The original photo has the name blacked out but they failed to black out the reflection in the water.

Well spotted sir :encouragement: