“You can tell a new boater when”

Pirate Lady said:
Ok, I’ll come clean and not a newbie. Stopped by the place where boat on land last 2 weeks. They winterize yesterday. Guy tells me they have been hearing a squealing noise for the first week, driving them crazy. They finally realized I had not turned off the VHF when I had it hauled.
Before you ask, VHF is hard wired even if Perko is off. PO did it. I think it’s cause in case of an engine fire I can shut down all power but still have VHF, not a bad idea, just need remember to turn it off.
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Your PO is smart. Bilges and VHF hardwired is the right thing to do.
 
Tiny rear anchor on a 40 footer.

Spool of yellow poly line on above toy anchor.

No chain on rear anchor because it's inconvenient.

Pulling the anchor before starting the engine(s).
Always fun to watch on a windy day.

Shutting engine(s) down before anchor is deployed or set.

12 feet of rode out in 6 feet of water.
 
Soulshine said:
Tiny rear anchor on a 40 footer.

Spool of yellow poly line on above toy anchor.

No chain on rear anchor because it's inconvenient.

Pulling the anchor before starting the engine(s).
Always fun to watch on a windy day.

Shutting engine(s) down before anchor is deployed or set.

12 feet of rode out in 6 feet of water.
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Telling a guy that he spelled “rope” wrong (rode)!
 
Espos4 said:
Telling a guy that he spelled “rope” wrong (rode)!
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Why isn't it "rope"? Why do we have to have a different name for everything? "Fore", "Aft", "Head", "Galley", "Bulkhead"? Help me out here.
 
Nater Potater said:
Why isn't it "rope"? Why do we have to have a different name for everything? "Fore", "Aft", "Head", "Galley", "Bulkhead"? Help me out here.
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It's the same as a super secret handshake to belong in the club. Keeps the non-boating riff-raff at arms length.
 
Florida probably has the record for "most new boaters". Every year there are trainloads of new retirees showing up. All eager to spend a chunk of their nest egg on a shiny boat. One sure sign of a newbie I see regularly is not just leaving the fenders deployed while underway but fenders deployed driving down the hiway.
 
This must be true, not urban legend, since I have heard the same story from different marinas and different dockhands.

The new bright shiny large boat pulls up to the dock. First mate standing on the front of the boat with a line coiled in their hand. (often times the story included a divergence into the swim suit the first mate was wearing )

When the dock hand called out for them to "throw me a line", the first mate throws the entire coil of line to the dock hand - with neither end attached to the boat.
 
FootballFan said:
This must be true, not urban legend, since I have heard the same story from different marinas and different dockhands.

The new bright shiny large boat pulls up to the dock. First mate standing on the front of the boat with a line coiled in their hand. (often times the story included a divergence into the swim suit the first mate was wearing )

When the dock hand called out for them to "throw me a line", the first mate throws the entire coil of line to the dock hand - with neither end attached to the boat.
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Ha, I have heard, and seen the one before.
 
I saw that a few years ago in our previous marina. Wicked wind blowing off of the fuel dock. The 1st mate threw the entire line to the fuel dockhand as Captain shut down both motors on a 40' Dancer. He was planning on coasting in. He couldn't restart because transmissions were both in drive and he couldn't figure it out that he had to be in neutral. Boat ended up across the fairway into the break wall (metal, not rock luckily for him) It took them a while....
 
FootballFan said:
This must be true, not urban legend, since I have heard the same story from different marinas and different dockhands.

The new bright shiny large boat pulls up to the dock. First mate standing on the front of the boat with a line coiled in their hand. (often times the story included a divergence into the swim suit the first mate was wearing )

When the dock hand called out for them to "throw me a line", the first mate throws the entire coil of line to the dock hand - with neither end attached to the boat.
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True confession... When I bought the 400DB, I took some friends from church out for a cruise and we spent the day on Lake Michigan and cruised to downtown Chicago. Before departing I gave a briefing on safety, head use and specifically showed the two guys how to setup a line thru the cleat by putting the eye thru the center and hooking over the cleat. They show me after my demonstration. I am satisfied they can handle the lines.... <Big mistake - too much confidence>
As we depart, lines get stowed into a locker.

We get back to the marina... Yep, you guessed it... the first guy throws a line to a dock hand without attaching it...

The second guy has ignored the heavy duty coiled lines and grabbed a yellow, 3 braid nylon clothesline type rope. I didn't even know that it was in the locker. He can't attach it to the cleat because there isn't a loop on the end... he tosses it to a dock hand... who promptly asks "what am I going to do with this"? "I cannot pull in a 12 ton boat with this..." and he tosses it back to the guy...luckily, there wasn't any real wind to cause any issues and I got close enough for dock hands to grab the rails....
 
Must be a common occurrence.

I remember 12+ years ago. We were still fairly new to coastal cruising. Did a ton of bare boat charters which always included a walk through with a captain checking us out on the boat.

It was consistent - always a point of emphasis - never throw a line that you don't have secured to the boat before you throw it. I remember thinking to myself - duh - but I guess it is consistent problem.
 
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