[Public-List] Ettiquette at anchor?

Tue Aug 20 05:24:52 PDT 2019

Here it is Walter…

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Hello Randy - use of gen sets in otherwise quiet anchorages is a growing problem.   I try to ignore them unless their use is especially obnoxious, such as in the case of a large black hulled motor cruiser who joined us in a cove with us last year.  We were the only two boats there, yet they chose to moor themselves to the shore literally within  thirty feet of our port side.  They proceed to start up their generator, then their air conditioning then put a loud professional sports game on their TV.  Why go to a wilderness anchorage if they wanted to watch sports on TV?

Later when they emerged on deck I engaged them in conversation and in the course of that, asked them how long they would be running their generator.  Their response was foul and aggressive.  We moved when they started running a jet ski at high speed in the tiny cove.

But perhaps there is justice in the universe.  Last winter at the Toronto Int’l Boat Show I was in my display with my usual neighbours, one of whom is an operator of marinas.  We began sharing stories of inconsiderate ‘boaters’ (hate that term, a boater is a hat…)  Low and behold, they knew the people with the black hulled stinkpot.   In the months after our encounter with them, they’d run afoul of their home marina for non-payment of fees and objectionable behaviour involving noise… then another marina for non-payment for expensive cosmetic remodelling of their boat.  The result of all this was that their boat had been legally seized from them.

Hurrumph, says I.  Yes, I feel a little guilty for being quietly pleased.

On a similar vein, last summer we witnessed a huge and fast powerboat doing a full-on Rodney Dangerfield charging up Severn Sound blaring his horn and near missing several boats as he weaved through the sunday afternoon homeward bound fleet while towing a huge wake.   I caught the name of his boat, and made a project of hunting it down in the local marinas… PAINFUL PLEASURE was a tenant nearby.   I reported him to the police with a detailed description of what had happened.  The police told me they visited him and had a ‘conversation’ which they reckoned made an impression.  I didn’t press for charges to be laid, but I could have.

Some months later, in my professional capacity as national distributor for Epifanes marine coatings, I received a call from the same marina reporting a client needing advice for a painting job he was doing.  The boat was near enough for me to make a personal visit...  Guess who it was... 

I helped him out with his issue and in the course of the inspection got to know him a little. He was of course new to boat ownership and clearly loved his monstrous powerboat.  I commented that I was a sailor and kept my boat at the sailing club nearby… he murmured ‘I don’t think sailors like me very much’.   So I drew a breath and told him it was I who called the police on him the previous summer, and told him why.   He apologized… clearly the cops had indeed made an impression on him.    I believe this particular inconsiderate boat operator is in the category of most of them… he just had no idea what mayhem and danger he was out there… well now he knows.   

Gordon Laco
426 Surprise

> On Aug 20, 2019, at 2:12 AM, Wehicks via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Send a picture of the crabby bottle. I would like to try. 
> Walter. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 19, 2019, at 10:50 PM, Randy Katz via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Greetings, 'Bergers,
>> 
>> Gordon's story below reminded me of a concern we're always a bit unsure
>> about. We seem plagued by noisy generators on nearby boats, as I'm sure
>> others have experienced. Watmough Bay on south Lopez Island, WA., a couple
>> of weeks ago--Nearly all sailboats, ah, nice and quiet. Until another
>> sailboat-- :( --with its gen exhaust pointed right at us starts ripping
>> away... for 2 hours around dinner time.
>> 
>> I'm an adult, I can figure these things out, but I'm curious about the
>> response of others. Does one dare ask to the skipper how long such an
>> intrusion is expected to continue, by way of giving a hint? Is it
>> preferable to pull up anchor and move? Is it best even so to adopt a zen
>> attitude and endure till the end? When will modern electrical management
>> systems, LEDs, etc. become pervasive enough to reduce gen use? Not in my
>> lifetime, I'm afraid.
>> 
>> And then sometimes at 7 in the morning, too!
>> 
>> We often anchor far off from other vessels knowing this problem will come
>> up. We go to the beautiful places for peace and quiet, not for listening to
>> engines running on and on.
>> 
>> Any experiences or suggestions would be welcomed.
>> 
>> Many Thanks,
>> Randy Katz
>> #249 Simple Gifts
>> Seattle/Bellingham, WA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:04:10 -0400
>> From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
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>>       <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
>> Subject: [Public-List] Cruising...
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>> So there we were on Friday morning? the usual tornado that are my business
>> ventures seemed under control? so we decided to make it a long weekend and
>> escape up the coast in the boat.
>> 
>> We loaded up with ice, food, treats and a ginger beer called ?Crabby?s?
>> we?ve become addicted to.
>> 
>> Severn Sound was under dead calm conditions so we motored away without
>> remorse about not sailing.  At 5.8 knots we got up to our favourite
>> anchorage in 2.5 hours.   Ya, it?s not sailing, but on the other hand
>> serious lounging at anchor...
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