Are the sounds of a marina music to your ears or a pain in the neck? What do you do to cure halyard slap, transom slap, and other sometimes unwanted noises... and how do you respond when others are responsible? Tell us your approach to the sounds of sailing, then vote in the weeks Quick Quiz at the bottom of the home page.
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Rick
Harbor Sounds
My comment is that harbor sounds can be good and bad.....The key is to be a good neighbor....I try to tie off all of the rigging which elimates the slapping in all but gail force winds. I thinks sometimes its too much of a good think...and if a livaboard, I am not, the clanking can sometimes be too much... My dock is general quiet and peaceful and I enjoy mostly the sounds of nature ie. those not man induced. Rick
My comment is that harbor sounds can be good and bad.....The key is to be a good neighbor....I try to tie off all of the rigging which elimates the slapping in all but gail force winds. I thinks sometimes its too much of a good think...and if a livaboard, I am not, the clanking can sometimes be too much... My dock is general quiet and peaceful and I enjoy mostly the sounds of nature ie. those not man induced. Rick
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Keith Fullenwider
Boat sounds
1...Halyards banging in my mast at night at anchor, 2...Big powerboats at anchor running their gensets.l
1...Halyards banging in my mast at night at anchor, 2...Big powerboats at anchor running their gensets.l
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John Eastin
sounds
My wife and I often slip down to the boat for an overnight and never even leave the dock. We enjoy almost all the sounds with one exception...individuals who have been partying too long and don't seem to care much what others think. They tend to be noisy, rowdy, rude and probably need to be let onto (of course, they don't actually own a boat)the shortest dock and urged to keep on walking...Our marina has a pretty good sized group (herd? gaggle? flock?) of seagulls and they have a tendency to like to awaken us at first light by repeatedly dropping their mussel shells on the C27s roof. All in all though, a noisy night on the boat beats the heck out of a quiet one anywhere else! I always flip my halyards outside the spreaders so they don't clang and secure everything else.
My wife and I often slip down to the boat for an overnight and never even leave the dock. We enjoy almost all the sounds with one exception...individuals who have been partying too long and don't seem to care much what others think. They tend to be noisy, rowdy, rude and probably need to be let onto (of course, they don't actually own a boat)the shortest dock and urged to keep on walking...Our marina has a pretty good sized group (herd? gaggle? flock?) of seagulls and they have a tendency to like to awaken us at first light by repeatedly dropping their mussel shells on the C27s roof. All in all though, a noisy night on the boat beats the heck out of a quiet one anywhere else! I always flip my halyards outside the spreaders so they don't clang and secure everything else.
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Tim
Quiet
I like the quiet that the boat provides. To keep my own boat quiet, I keep my halyards completely away from the mast - Jib halyards secured to the bow pulpit, Main to the aft end of the boom. Anything rolling around or making noise as the boat moves during the night becomes an annoyance and I hunt it down and secure it - things like a rolling flashlight in the pinrail, a BBQ propane canister rolling in the line locker, etc. Our bunk on my Catalina 27 is on the starboard side, so I always attempt to tie up port-side-to. This keeps any groaning of the fenders, lines, or other shoreside disturbances as far away from me as possible. When tied up as a visitor in other marinas, a slapping halyard bugs me - I've been know to engage the owner in conversation and causually mention that I could "show them how to fix that". As is more often the case, there is no one around, and if possible and it really bugs me, I'll go aboard and make some simple adjustment to eliminate the noise. My home marina consists almost entirely of powerboats - most of which get little use, so it is usually very quiet. The noises that do intrude are the very loud, overpowered "ocean-racer" style boats that lumber by, (thankfully) observing the 7knot speed limit, and during the daylight hours, the large number of float planes that come in and out of the lake.
I like the quiet that the boat provides. To keep my own boat quiet, I keep my halyards completely away from the mast - Jib halyards secured to the bow pulpit, Main to the aft end of the boom. Anything rolling around or making noise as the boat moves during the night becomes an annoyance and I hunt it down and secure it - things like a rolling flashlight in the pinrail, a BBQ propane canister rolling in the line locker, etc. Our bunk on my Catalina 27 is on the starboard side, so I always attempt to tie up port-side-to. This keeps any groaning of the fenders, lines, or other shoreside disturbances as far away from me as possible. When tied up as a visitor in other marinas, a slapping halyard bugs me - I've been know to engage the owner in conversation and causually mention that I could "show them how to fix that". As is more often the case, there is no one around, and if possible and it really bugs me, I'll go aboard and make some simple adjustment to eliminate the noise. My home marina consists almost entirely of powerboats - most of which get little use, so it is usually very quiet. The noises that do intrude are the very loud, overpowered "ocean-racer" style boats that lumber by, (thankfully) observing the 7knot speed limit, and during the daylight hours, the large number of float planes that come in and out of the lake.
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the Pirate of Sha-lin
Sounds of Sailboat
I find that most of the sounds on my boat are a comfort. My boat is moored on the river. When sleeping on board, nothing wakes me but an extra large wake. The only sound that really spazzes me out is the sound of my swing keel thumping. I actually left an anchorage at night, because is was too rough, and the keel bounced around so hard, I thought that it would come through the keel trunk.
I find that most of the sounds on my boat are a comfort. My boat is moored on the river. When sleeping on board, nothing wakes me but an extra large wake. The only sound that really spazzes me out is the sound of my swing keel thumping. I actually left an anchorage at night, because is was too rough, and the keel bounced around so hard, I thought that it would come through the keel trunk.
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chet pruszynski
worst sound
without a doubt the WORST SOUND out on the water i JETSKI NOISE.....reminds me of a water nat. Can't they spray to get rid of them like they do for other pests.....IMHO
without a doubt the WORST SOUND out on the water i JETSKI NOISE.....reminds me of a water nat. Can't they spray to get rid of them like they do for other pests.....IMHO
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Final results
Final results for the Quick Quiz ending 9/25/2000: What's your least favorite sailing sound? 65% Halyard slap (93) 09% Transom slap (13) 08% Like 'em all (12) 08% Fender creak (12)
Final results for the Quick Quiz ending 9/25/2000: What's your least favorite sailing sound? 65% Halyard slap (93) 09% Transom slap (13) 08% Like 'em all (12) 08% Fender creak (12)
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