Mackinac island is a brutal marina for boats as well. The ferry wake caused me to break two 5/8 lines on my little 30' boat. Ever since then I double my lines when docked there. I carry 8 5/8 lines and a assortment of other lines if needed.
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Mackinac island is a brutal marina for boats as well. The ferry wake caused me to break two 5/8 lines on my little 30' boat.
I rented a slip for two months at a different location, didn't know the folks slipped around me. I didn't take this picture and didn't know anything had happened until I was walking to the boat the next weekend. There is another marina right next to the one where I was slipped. A guy hollers to me, "did anyone tell you about that sailboat pounding against your boat last week during the storm?"Woody, you have to explain what we are seeing. Does that snailboat have no stern lines tied? They swung over and hit your boat?
My experience with sailboaters hasn't been much but so far the 20 is making the 80 look bad.
My immediate slip neighbor is a sailboat. He is gone for most of the summer and keeps his boat spotless and is very particular about it. Good guy. Self employed consultant. There is a rental outfit at our marina Boats and PWCs. That is "interesting" to say the least. The ones to avoid are the new boaters and renters.My experience is just the opposite ....
I had a sailboater right next to me as well. Only sailboat in the marina... really nice guy. Never socialized with him but always talked said hi etc. the marina had a policy that you had to tie your sail cables so they didn’t clang in the wind. I never get wound up by anything but this clanging just about put me thru the roof especially with any wind it was deafening.... nails on a chalk board. I said something to him once... very nicely. To this day I think he loosened them when he leftMy immediate slip neighbor is a sailboat. He is gone for most of the summer and keeps his boat spotless and is very particular about it. Good guy. Self employed consultant. There is a rental outfit at our marina Boats and PWCs. That is "interesting" to say the least. The ones to avoid are the new boaters and renters.
I had a sailboater right next to me as well. Only sailboat in the marina... really nice guy. Never socialized with him but always talked said hi etc. the marina had a policy that you had to tie your sail cables so they didn’t clang in the wind. I never get wound up by anything but this clanging just about put me thru the roof especially with any wind it was deafening.... nails on a chalk board. I said something to him once... very nicely. To this day I think he loosened them when he left
I saw all you guys pushed down in there. To me it looked like the towns B dock made out the best.... boats were rafted off and seemed fine.Blue, we rode out that evening on the A dock at Crew’s Nest. They tried to move most of us down there for protection overnight. Around 2am it was absolutely brutal. I deployed every line we carry and put out all 6 fenders and slept for about an hour. Those uprights at CN will test the nerves for sure!
The fundamental difference between sailors and power boat cruisers is that to the former it’s about the journey, and for the latter, the destination.It's hard to get away from them in the Apostle Island area. They scurry around in packs, darting back and forth between the islands, usually within a few miles of the marina. Then they go back to the marina and talk about the days great sailing.
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The fundamental difference between sailors and power boat cruisers is that to the former it’s about the journey, and for the latter, the destination.