I used to go "fix" a couple of boats halyards, over and over and over. When I left to become a full time cruiser I had to fight the urge to go and 'really" fix them before leaving.Do you put up with this noise? Knowing it could be damaging their boat... and certainly your vibe.
Do you dare climb aboard to secure a halard?
On and off in 20 seconds... why not... A cheap bungee cord is quick and effective.
And that is your answer if you get busted.....
They left a nuisance by not properly securing their boat, giving up any right to strict no trespass...
It is a courtesy. It is also generally good seamanship to leave one's vessel tidy and secure. Slapping halyard are sloppy seamanship. However, lines stretch, they get rained on and dried out by the Sun, just because it looked secure when you left the dock doesn't mean it will always remain so. $#!+ happens and a slapping halyard doesn't mean the owner isn't a good sailor who doesn't care.I'll always tie off a slapping halyard- figure it's a courtesy
Boat already has internal halyards... running up, inside the mast, and then down, outside the mast, to the mainsail.I’d drop the mast and re-rig the boat for internal halyards. The owner would be pleasantly surprised.
yep. Also depends on what time of night it is and how hard the wind is blowingWe stay aboard our boat virtually most of the summer, when we are Not sailing, so when weekenders come and go and leave the slapping halyards on our pier or near us, there is a couple of us that have no problem securing them and generally telling them or they know it was us and apologize and return bungee cords that were used!
rry esBoat already has internal halyards... running up, inside the mast, and then down, outside the mast, to the mainsail.
So, no mast change required... just an owner willing to detach the halyard from the mainsail, when said sail is flaked and stored on the boom.
Yes. They created a public nuisance. Otherwise, this thread would not exist.On and off in 20 seconds... why not
And that is your answer if you get busted.