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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 11/16/2008 : 20:13:41

Rita & I took a trip down to the boat to do some winterizing this afternoon. While we were there our new neighbors headed into their slip. These folks are driving a Bayliner 27-ish. I've talked to them a couple of times and they seemed nice enough, so when I saw them making their approach, I started to get off of SL to help them with lines since I only saw one person on the boat. Another sailor came up from his slip as well to help. I was just about to step over the side of my boat when I realized that he was going to blow his approach in a big way, and since the tide was on the way out, it plus the river flow was going to take him right past our stern & into the ketch next to us. I'd just commented only a minute or two before how I wished we could make our approach at that kind of speed & be able to stop like I expected him to. This wasn't going to happen, and for some reason, he shut off his engine just before he was about to hit Totem (the ketch) with his stern, and us with his bow. I leaned way out over the starboard catbird seat & caught his bow just before it whacked our engine, and at about the same time his dinghy impacted Totem. His wife (she must have been below getting their tiny little boat hook) was yelling at him, he was yelling back, and I'm leaning on his boat hard enough to shove it's nose back out into the fairway so he doesn't hit us when he puts it back in gear (after restarting his engine). After all the excitement was over & they were tied up, the other sailor & I just exchanged grins & he walked away. I walked around to their slip to make sure they were all right, and other than a bit flustered they were. They both apologized and thanked us profusely. I asked if they had a mid ship's cleat, and I'm pretty sure they had no idea what I was talking about. I pointed out the cleat on the side of their boat & explained the concept of the Nauti-dock-o-matic & showed them my version of it. They were so excited to see a way to make their landing easier, he vowed to head directly to WM to purchase the necessary line to make one. I helped him get a measurement from his cleat to the first cleat on his dock & told him how to make one from bowlines (he wanted to know where I got mine since it's got nice eyes on both ends). Then I showed him the dock wheel we installed last year & he's going to try to contact my blacksmith friend to have him make the same bracket for it (cantilevered out over the water to keep your hull further from the dock).

Even though they are stink potters, I felt pretty good about helping them, and they seemed genuinely grateful for the help & advice. Next time I see them, I'm going to talk to them about their lines, they only have single bow & stern lines, no spring lines.

David
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Sirius Lepak
1997 C-250 WK TR #271 --Seattle area Port Captain --

Edited by - delliottg on 11/16/2008 20:27:07

Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 11/16/2008 : 21:01:10

We should each adopt a stinkpotter. They are usually clueless.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 11/16/2008 : 21:23:27

Out on my slip we've got about a 2:3 ratio of sailors to stinkpotters. This year I've gotten several of them and their wives out on Passage, just for a quick spin down the river, out to the next harbor and back.

First thing they realize is that No Wake Zones are there for a reason. One day we had a 40 footer who cast a 5 foot breaking wake quarter us from behind as we were passing through a narrow channel in the river against the 4kt current.

We all got wet and the boat rolled vehemently sending all our stuff in the cabin crashing down onto the floor.

Don't you know that he was on the radio in an instant reading the other guy the riot act in no uncertain terms! I could not repeat the language here without lots of @, *, $, #, & and +'s

I was delighted to see the light bulb finally go on in his head!

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 11/16/2008 : 22:07:05

I have to add that my stinkpotter neighbor is always there to catch the bow of my boat as I approach my slip. I rarely need his help but it's nice to know that he willing. In fact, that seems to be the general culture among stinkpotters at my marina.

When I read the title of this thread, I thought it was about our friend Bristle.

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Deltarat
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Response Posted - 11/17/2008 : 01:37:08

I used to be a stink potter for about 18 years, everything from my first boat a 14' chris craft to my last an 18 sea ray. I was given a 17' Vagabond daysailor a couple of years ago, I just bought an c-25 and while I may resort to the iron wind a little too often I doubt I will ever go back. I tell my friends who have $50k skibarges and wake boats with 5k watt stereo systems that tell everyone they have horrible taste in music. With them it is all about going somewhere on their boat or doing something ie. towing a skier or tuber. With sailing the minute you are out of the marina you have reached your destination, you are sailing, that's what you came to do, now relax and enjoy it. Some of them get it, and others just say something like "your excited because you got a top speed of how many mph???" I just shake my head and say you had to be there.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 11/17/2008 : 09:33:50

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Nautiduck
 We should each adopt a stinkpotter. They are usually clueless.

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">That's why I'm here... to get clues.

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crcalhoon
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Response Posted - 11/17/2008 : 10:53:35

I used to keep my boat in a marina in Puerto Rico where on the north side of the main pier was all sail and on the south side all power. At one time management got all bent out of shape and decided that no dinghies could be kept in the water, but must be taken aboard or hung in davits, because so many dinghies were breaking loose and floating around the marina. A delegation of us from the sailboat side went to the manager and "discussed" the matter and he finally agreed to hold to the ruling on the power boat side but to let the sailors keep theirs in the water because "at least you guys know how to tie a decent knot."

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