Anchorage magnet...
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You know there is a simple solution to establishing your comfort zone around your boat.
Just start taking your shower in the cockpit as the the interloper cruises by...
Just start taking your shower in the cockpit as the the interloper cruises by...
I was the only boat anchored in Cook's Bay Moorea when another American boat came in and just about anchored on my anchor. After 5000 miles of sailing, I guess he was lonely. I didn't say a word. He moved about twenty minutes later, just before hitting me.
Well, it's kind of devilish but when I see a boat that looks like it's going to anchor near me when the field is empty, I start my Honda 2000 watt generator up.
Problem solved.
Problem solved.
Check here for some really wild ideas on how to prevent such magnetic attractions.
Interesting idea...
Someone posted this on FB When using a public campground a tuba placed on your picnic table will keep the campsites on either side vacant. I suspect a tuba--or better yet bagpipes--highly visible in the cockpit would prob'ly let you keep an anchorage all to yourself too! --Peggie
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Thought the photo was attached.... yea I have to keep her off the deck. She told me to go check the anchor in the buff while they were pulling in....... though that could have gone terribly wrong.
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Herd mentality.
The anchorage must be “there”... If another boat anchored there it must be an ok place.
The anchorage must be “there”... If another boat anchored there it must be an ok place.
Whenever a boat was looking to anchor to close, I used to put out all my fenders. They usually got the message.
C'mon, what could possibly go wrong
?Now that you've included a picture, it all makes sense. It's a powerboat and they just don't have a clue. Do you ever wonder who ties their shoes first thing in the morning ?
An associated symptom of anchor close is..."I tried here and it didn't work, so I'll try again in the same place...." How many times have we been anchored securely in an anchorage and a boat comes along and attempts to anchor close aboard, and he ends up too close to us or too close to someone else. But then he recovers and tries to do exactly the same thing in the same place, rather than go off to find a better location. Maddening.....
I used to crew on a 50ft (on deck) ferro schooner. 50,000 pound displacement. We were anchored once, in a tide way. bout a 30 ,foot Catalina came and anchored maybe 25 feet off of the beam. The owners wife went on deck and old him he was too close. He informed her he was just fine. She said-'"ok. but we weight 50,000 ponds dry, are laying to a 100 foot rode and when the tide changes, we'll probably run over you'' and came back below. Watching out the ports, we saw a woman come on deck, and just give the guy verbal hell. In about 5 minutes, he hauled anchor and moved away
Truckers use a similar strategy...
What I want to see is you bolting a few dozen of these babies on your rub rail....