What do you say to a neighboring MY running his engine for hours?
- Thread starter Stu Jackson
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I was relaxing on the upper deck of a friend's big motorboat. He was relaxing down below. When the engines fired up, I assumed that he was doing some kind of maintenance. After a minute or so I tore myself away from my horizontal orientation to go see if I could help. Right at that moment he yelled up and told me to shut the engines off. (The boat has control stations outdoors and indoors.) At that point the conversation got weird, because neither one of us had turned the engines on and both ignition keys were in their off positions. It took us a while to figure that one out. Luckily, we were anchored far away from other boats and it happened during a between-guests day.Very nice.
Never know when someone is being obnoxious or just doesn’t know better. In this case sounds like they were just plain newbies who were frustrated. In the end they will probably be buying you the beer
Yeah, I have a dockmate who goes at problems in an aggressive way. I knicknamed him “The Sheriff.” He came at me once for some perceived infraction. I stood up to him and told him to speak to for himself and to back off! I think he respected it. We are good now. I broke the thin layer of ice later that same day by joking with him.
I will go over and ask if someone needs help. My neighbor was having problems tying up next to my boat, so I went over and asked if I could show them a few thing. They were relieved to get some help. Made a new friend!
I will go over and ask if someone needs help. My neighbor was having problems tying up next to my boat, so I went over and asked if I could show them a few thing. They were relieved to get some help. Made a new friend!
Thanks again for all the good ideas.
That boat is now GONE. Unless he took it back to a different boatyard. I could check with the marina, but I think I'll just go sailing for a few days instead.
We'll see what happens when I get back on Saturday or Sunday.
It's soooo blessedly quiet... All I can smell now is my own burned toast!
That boat is now GONE. Unless he took it back to a different boatyard. I could check with the marina, but I think I'll just go sailing for a few days instead.
We'll see what happens when I get back on Saturday or Sunday.
It's soooo blessedly quiet...
All I can smell now is my own burned toast!Never forget that motorboats have plugs in their transom! Once pulled you can save the day by offering them your "spare"
