Etiquette while tied up together

[wjamwhitis]

I have a question for everyone. We tie up to other boats at our lake in the swimming cove and as other friends with boats arrive, they usually tie up on the end of the line. My question is there is a couple people that want others to untie and move over if a family member with a boat or close friend comes in later and this is a pain. I say if you want to park together, then you should arrive at the same time. What do you all think?

 

[BigBoysToys]

We often split and slip a new arrival into the middle of our raftups. Sometimes its personal preference, other times it just makes more sense due to the size of the vessel and the anchoring setup that we use. In my opinion, this is just part of the deal and many of us enjoy it. However, I can see circumstances where this could be annoying(kids sleeping below, middle of eating, sleeping, swimming, drinking, etc) I think its a case by case thing and each situation will have a different correct outcome.

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[JimG]

Our flotillas are always first-come, first-serve.... no splitting once tied up. If someone needs to leave early, we will always accommodate and slip them out.

So yes, if you want to park together, then you best arrive together.

 

[JimFromMD]

Our rafts are generally governed by boat size, positioned from the main anchor boat so that the raft stays pretty well balanced. We have slipped people out on several occasions, but usually don't slip people in based on "neighbor preference". As one of the smaller boats in my group, I know to arrive a little later or to expect to move a few times as bigger boats come in. A few times when I arrived early, I just anchored and waited for some of the larger boats to arrive and take position to avoid the hassle of moving several times. Usually there is someone on the raft with a dinghy who will shuttle me over from my boat while I wait.

 

[Gofirstclass]

We don't normally raft up to others just because our boat doesn't fit well with the majority of boats in this area. We anchor nearby and dinghy over to the raft-up. Usually once people are in a raft-up they don't separate to let a late comer in the middle. C'mon man, nobody is THAT good a friend that they can't raft up a few boats over.

If someone needs to leave, that is always accommodated.

 

[AKBASSKING]

A little differant here in that we stern tie to a dock a lot so there is no slipping. If you are the first one in, you are the last to leave..

 

[jason78]

Our flotillas are always first-come, first-serve.... no splitting once tied up. If someone needs to leave early, we will always accommodate and slip them out.

So yes, if you want to park together, then you best arrive together.

Same with my crew.

 

[copb8tx]

Back in the days of going to the local party cove it wasn't uncommon to split the chain to insert a boat. Some of the chains were VERY long and usually had smaller boats on the ends. It made more sense to tie to like-sized boats and friends. But whenever we did it, it was with people we knew and not strangers who were called into duty get the the untie and retie done.

 

[mainstream]

It all depends on raft up size we usually have multiple hooks dropped front and stern so it would depend on boat size but mostly we don't slip boats in