In the beginning
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We don't get TV aboard and we've seen all our movies several times, but we never get bored because we love watching the antics of the boaters trying to anchor every day around us. I watched one 35 footer (not a bareboat) today spend over an hour zooming around the north side of Rodney Bay, drop his anchor several times in different spots, then finally drop it at the first spot he went by when he arrived. To be fair, perhaps he was being paid by the government to survey the anchorage, for that's what it looked like.
I watched one cruiser drop 5 times in one spot in the Tobago Cays last week, in excellent holding, for no apparent reason. Finally gave up and went to take a mooring, but couldn't do that either, so he went back to the original spot and anchored. The boat was flying a UK flag, was a pretty well kitted out boat, so I assume they had sailed it across the Atlantic, as we had not seen them around before. At any rate, the Tobago Cays couldn't possibly have been their very first anchorage or attempt at mooring.
Down here, most anchorages are in sand, around 20 feet, and if one just throws a bunch of heavy metal in the water, one really can't help but stick (even with a Bruce, it seems) without much worry. No reversing currents or tide to worry about. But I hope these folks don't figure that out, or our afternoon entertainment will surely come to an end. lol
I watched one cruiser drop 5 times in one spot in the Tobago Cays last week, in excellent holding, for no apparent reason. Finally gave up and went to take a mooring, but couldn't do that either, so he went back to the original spot and anchored. The boat was flying a UK flag, was a pretty well kitted out boat, so I assume they had sailed it across the Atlantic, as we had not seen them around before. At any rate, the Tobago Cays couldn't possibly have been their very first anchorage or attempt at mooring.
Down here, most anchorages are in sand, around 20 feet, and if one just throws a bunch of heavy metal in the water, one really can't help but stick (even with a Bruce, it seems) without much worry. No reversing currents or tide to worry about. But I hope these folks don't figure that out, or our afternoon entertainment will surely come to an end. lol
drunken students on spring break trying to dock a rental boat in the slip next to me sounds like a recipe for disaster. i might drop a dime on the boat police who enforce boating while intoxicated laws. some years ago, a waterskiing guest from a powerboat took his last ski when the boat's drunk owner ran him over with the prop trying to pick him up.
Good to see these folks moved last night and anchored in the middle of the sound away from us.
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