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That one sure got a lot of responses! Just to clarify -- I'd never actually use a knife on someone else's lines or run the shackle up to the top of the mast. (Do unto others, etc.) Yet when you're in a marina that has piers that run from A thru R and slip numbers on each pier that run from 1 to 60-something, and even 25% of the boats have loose halyards, and the wind is whipping off the bay at 20+ knots, driving the waves ahead of it... these ain't pleasant "windchimes" any more!! Cranking up the motor at 3am in 20+ knot winds to look for a quieter anchorage doesn't appeal to me. Leaving a note for someone that only uses their boat 2 or 3 times a year -- if that -- isn't an effective solution. Neither is leaving a message in the office. Maybe one in the restrooms would help though... I think I'll just go to Home Depot and by a jumbo bag of bungee cords and print out some ready-made explanatory notes. I really don't want to board any one else's vessel, but I think it's rather rude (or ignorant) of others to leave their halyards clanging. Like I said -- do unto others... if mine were slapping, I'd want someone to secure them for me!
That one sure got a lot of responses! Just to clarify -- I'd never actually use a knife on someone else's lines or run the shackle up to the top of the mast. (Do unto others, etc.) Yet when you're in a marina that has piers that run from A thru R and slip numbers on each pier that run from 1 to 60-something, and even 25% of the boats have loose halyards, and the wind is whipping off the bay at 20+ knots, driving the waves ahead of it... these ain't pleasant "windchimes" any more!! Cranking up the motor at 3am in 20+ knot winds to look for a quieter anchorage doesn't appeal to me. Leaving a note for someone that only uses their boat 2 or 3 times a year -- if that -- isn't an effective solution. Neither is leaving a message in the office. Maybe one in the restrooms would help though... I think I'll just go to Home Depot and by a jumbo bag of bungee cords and print out some ready-made explanatory notes. I really don't want to board any one else's vessel, but I think it's rather rude (or ignorant) of others to leave their halyards clanging. Like I said -- do unto others... if mine were slapping, I'd want someone to secure them for me!
