Marina etiquette

[dive7mmwet]

marina etiquette question, moved into new spot and a neighbor came over next night to let us know we had a noisy halyard so we pulled all and ran them out to the safety lines, my take is we don't want any one mad at us.
what do you do? as we are mixed sail and power area.

 

[Roger Long]

When I first started staying aboard most nights in a marina a few years ago, I went and bought a big bag of cheap assorted bungy cords. I went around to a few boats and said, "I had some extras of these and thought you might be able to use them." Nuff, said. I slept better after that.

 

[MSN-Travelers]

A quiet marina is a good nights sleep . . .

It is considered bad form to have loose halyards banging away against the mast at all hours of the day and night. A couple cheap bungies between your halyards and a shroud is often all it takes.

It's been my experience that racers tend to have halyard slap where as cruisers seem to ensure it doesn't happen.

 

[Rick D]

I isolate the halyards by taking them away from the mast. Better on the mast and halyard too.

 

[Nom De Guerre]

I shackle the spin halyard to the port toe-rail, and move the main shackle back to the topping lift. You just need to move the ends out, no real need for bungee cords.

I find the worst offenders are those who leave the halyard shackled to the head of main, and then snap the sail cover over the works, virtually ensuring slap somewhere along its length.

Our rules and regulations specifically call out the requirement to make sure halyards are secured to prevent noise.

 

[JerryA]

Re: Halyards

Yup, doesn't matter if you're a power or sail boater, slapping halyards are annoying. Bungies work pretty well and your neighbors are happy.

JerryA

 

[tkanzler]

I must be an odd duck, but I like the sound of slapping halyards. What can I say?

 

[Brian D]

Yeah, slapping halyards are good wind indicators. LOL At night I detest the sound, but during the day I can tolerate it. However, I make sure my halyards do not slap by attaching them to the stanchions.

 

[Old Skool Neil]

In addition to being neighborly I spent way too much time and money refurbishing and painting my mast to tear it up with slapping halyards. My boat is silent at the slip. Can't say the same for my neighbors.

 

[Chris Patterson]

It doesn't bother me, as I must just be used to it. But I make sure mine do not, and I'm pretty sure it's considered in poor form..

 

[Dan Hill]

Just last weekend on our peir I had a power boater ask me why sailboats have bells on their masts? I had to explain that some sailboat owners neglect their halyards and their neighbors peace of mind. I for one bungee them back. The worst offenders seam to always have wire to rope halyards.

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!
STOP THE SLAP!

 

[Patrick S/V Shangra-La]

A quiet mast is a happy neighbor, and a sign of a good sailor.

Most of the boats in my marina are sail and most of them are quiet.

 

[sinnettc]

On my boat it's not the halyards, it's the @#$# little metal turnbuckle covers that rattle incessantly every time the burgee, or anything else, happens to touch the shroud. It's like having a cymbal over your head when you're trying to sleep. They're going to come off the boat this weekend!

 

[Kordie]

I have rollers on my shrouds to protect the headsail.

That rattle tremendously and the noise is amplified ten food down below as you all know.

I just bungee them to the inner shroud and it does the trick perfectly.

 

[rgranger]

I take my halyards and "flick" them around the spreaders and then back to the mast base. That keeps them away from the mast.

 

[Anonymous 121765]

In the past, I used what everyone posted here at one time or another.

I removed all my wire rope halyards early on, really never saw the sense of them on a 30 footer.

To quiet the mast slapping, I started out by wrapping the halyards around the spreader end like a lot of folks, but found my line started to wear on the shroud after awhile. Then I attached them in my open turnbuckles, & at the topping lift but didn't work for me as well. Especially with a wide bimini.

I finally installed a cable mounted cleat on my aft lower shrouds 6' up from the cabin top. I find it quick and easy for halyard work.

I used to use bungees in the past but found they don't hold up UV wise, and can be dangerous when breaking under stretch. I have a 3 stitch scar close to my left eye from one snapping. I use them very sparingly now. So please be carful if using these...........

CR

 

[Doc_holiday]

On some, you can do all you want with the halyards but internally there are cases where the wiring is slapping. Usually this happens when the boat ricks, not from wind.

I too hook my halyards to the safety line although this year I added blocks and parts to bring the lines back to the cockpit. I will probably have to bungee those away from the mast.

 

[higgs]

I found each halyard needs its own bungee to be effective.

 

[RECESS]

We have loops on our lower shrouds. We tie the halyards to them. All the the sailboats on our dock have their halyards pulled off the mast in some way. It is the quietest sailboat dock we have ever been on.

 

[Warren Milberg]

Halyard Slap

I really dislike hearing halyards banging against a mast at 2 am. Most boat owners here are pretty considerate of others and tie off their halyards so as not be a noisy nuisance. But one night last summer I was rattled out of nice snooze in the middle of the night by a racket coming from a nearby boat's banging halyards. I crawled out of the forward hatch, clad in my undies, and made my way over to the offending boat where I moved his halyards to a quiet outboard perch. On my way back, I ran into a couple walking down the dock (of course....). We greeted one another and tried to ignore my state of undress....:naughty: