I was in a small harbor over the weekend and witnessed something I was curious about. A small motor boat was in the harbor between two of the docks when it's motor quit. The boat was located between two docks and slowly being blown toward the end of one of the docks. While the boat drifted, a sailboat came along but did not offer any assistance. People sitting around with drinks in hand (not trying to help either) on their boats watching the whole thing had a lot of ill feelings for the sailboat captain for not assisting. I had a chance to talk with the people on the sailboat later and they explained that by the time they could have thrown a rope, the boat would have been resting up against the dock. If they had thrown them a rope, they would have towed them to a dock, resulting in the same ending. Since they did not see the boat as being in any danger, they decided to let the wind do the work it was already doing. My question is, is this a right course of action or not. Had there been a danger of the boat heading in to rocks or out to open water the captain said he would have aided. What is your opinions?