What most raises your dander in an anchorage? The sound of blaring cockpit speakers? An out-of-place TV or VCR? The incessant drone of a generator? Or perhaps the age-old problem of loud conversation? Train your pet peeve here, then vote in this week's Quick Quiz at the bottom of the home page.
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Halyard Slap
I would have to say the sound of a halyard slapping against the mast as a boat rocks!! I've always tried to avoid that by using a bungee out to the shrouds to pull the lines away from the mast. Pulling them tighter just makes a different sound... no less, just different.
I would have to say the sound of a halyard slapping against the mast as a boat rocks!! I've always tried to avoid that by using a bungee out to the shrouds to pull the lines away from the mast. Pulling them tighter just makes a different sound... no less, just different.
Most annoying
#1 Not being able to go sailing for a weekend - otherwise I refused to get annoyed at anything - deal with it with a smile - and try not to look superior even though I feel it.
#1 Not being able to go sailing for a weekend - otherwise I refused to get annoyed at anything - deal with it with a smile - and try not to look superior even though I feel it.
Agree....barking or baking
I agree with Troy......I'd like to take some of the "barking" dogs and "bake" them. Don't get me wrong, I like dogs. But to sit and listen to one start barking at every strange noise and/or motion is awfully obnoxious. It's pretty presumptious on the owners part (NOT to mention annoying and inconsiderate) to assume that everyone else enjoys the presence of these animals. At home is one thing. There's LOTS of room to separate neighbors and noises. At a mooring or slip is a completely different enviroment. Leave the dogs at home.
I agree with Troy......I'd like to take some of the "barking" dogs and "bake" them. Don't get me wrong, I like dogs. But to sit and listen to one start barking at every strange noise and/or motion is awfully obnoxious. It's pretty presumptious on the owners part (NOT to mention annoying and inconsiderate) to assume that everyone else enjoys the presence of these animals. At home is one thing. There's LOTS of room to separate neighbors and noises. At a mooring or slip is a completely different enviroment. Leave the dogs at home.
Sleepless in Milwaukee
I completely agree with Stephen, when the wind comes up at night and dozens and dozens sail boat halyards start to slap against the masts it is impossible to sleep. Before I leave my boat I always make sure my halyards are tied so they won't disturb others while i'm away.
I completely agree with Stephen, when the wind comes up at night and dozens and dozens sail boat halyards start to slap against the masts it is impossible to sleep. Before I leave my boat I always make sure my halyards are tied so they won't disturb others while i'm away.
Halyard Slap and Jetskis/water skiers.
Halyard slap at nite is a real killer. If you don't have internal halyards, you can wrap them around the spreaders and then back to the mast, this seems to work as well as anything. During the day, it hard to say which is worse. The damn jet skis buzzing like a pack of yellow jackets or those water skiers that ski right by your anchorage, thinking you should move, not them.
Halyard slap at nite is a real killer. If you don't have internal halyards, you can wrap them around the spreaders and then back to the mast, this seems to work as well as anything. During the day, it hard to say which is worse. The damn jet skis buzzing like a pack of yellow jackets or those water skiers that ski right by your anchorage, thinking you should move, not them.
Where's Grayhaven?
I'm adding Grayhaven (Troy's home port) to my list of anchorages to avoid, what with everybody baking their dogs at night. Keeping Lake Powell on the list of favorite anchorages, however, despite the coyotes. Wrote my MFA thesis novel about a Lake Powell liveaboard. A tough place to do research when you're in grad school, what with all those coyotes baking.(Off the subject: have you ever noticed that the smaller the sailboat, the more likely the owner is to have left the halyards slatting? If you ever find yourself on halyard patrol in a marina, THE BEST solution for slating halyards is to duct-tape the offending line to a shroud. The more tape you use, the better. By the way, duct tape also does a marvelous job on wind chimes.)
I'm adding Grayhaven (Troy's home port) to my list of anchorages to avoid, what with everybody baking their dogs at night. Keeping Lake Powell on the list of favorite anchorages, however, despite the coyotes. Wrote my MFA thesis novel about a Lake Powell liveaboard. A tough place to do research when you're in grad school, what with all those coyotes baking.(Off the subject: have you ever noticed that the smaller the sailboat, the more likely the owner is to have left the halyards slatting? If you ever find yourself on halyard patrol in a marina, THE BEST solution for slating halyards is to duct-tape the offending line to a shroud. The more tape you use, the better. By the way, duct tape also does a marvelous job on wind chimes.)
Most annoying
While barking dogs, slatting halyards, jet-skis and waterskiers are all up there, my top of the list is large powerboats with diesel generators who anchor upwind of me so I smell their exhaust for hours on end. I try to anchor on the upwind edge of the anchorage just for that, but can't always manage it. What I wouldn't give for a potato and a dark night sometimes!
While barking dogs, slatting halyards, jet-skis and waterskiers are all up there, my top of the list is large powerboats with diesel generators who anchor upwind of me so I smell their exhaust for hours on end. I try to anchor on the upwind edge of the anchorage just for that, but can't always manage it. What I wouldn't give for a potato and a dark night sometimes!
BoomBoxes!
Slapping halyards, waves and assorted other boat noises becomes part of the background noise to me, especially if you've ever slept aboard at a marina. I grew up in the country so barking dogs and even trains (if your anchored anywhere near a set of tracks) don't bother me either. But, try sleeping with a party going and a boom box blaring, and sleep comes hard, coupled with the frustration. Parties and music are great but boaters should be considerate when the portlights go dark in the other boats in the anchorage or at least, by a reasonable hour. When you're used to anchoring, most of us sort of sleep with one eye open, alert to strange sounds and movements to make sure anchors aren't dragging so getting some rest between anchor checks is all the more important. Dick Vance H-25.5 "Honey Bear"
Slapping halyards, waves and assorted other boat noises becomes part of the background noise to me, especially if you've ever slept aboard at a marina. I grew up in the country so barking dogs and even trains (if your anchored anywhere near a set of tracks) don't bother me either. But, try sleeping with a party going and a boom box blaring, and sleep comes hard, coupled with the frustration. Parties and music are great but boaters should be considerate when the portlights go dark in the other boats in the anchorage or at least, by a reasonable hour. When you're used to anchoring, most of us sort of sleep with one eye open, alert to strange sounds and movements to make sure anchors aren't dragging so getting some rest between anchor checks is all the more important. Dick Vance H-25.5 "Honey Bear"
Bahamas Noises
The most annoying sounds we heard in many Bahamas anchorages were cock-a-doing roosters, barking dogs and people running generators all night long. i thought roosters only cock-a-doodle-dooo'd when the sun poped up. WRONG! They cock-a-doodle-dooo'd all night and every night. Roger and Susie Mummah s/v Endless Summer
The most annoying sounds we heard in many Bahamas anchorages were cock-a-doing roosters, barking dogs and people running generators all night long. i thought roosters only cock-a-doodle-dooo'd when the sun poped up. WRONG! They cock-a-doodle-dooo'd all night and every night. Roger and Susie Mummah s/v Endless Summer
Horrible Halyards!
It's gotta be the halyards trying to beat the mast into submission that causes the most loss of sleep. Of course during the waking hours there aren't many, if any, annoying noises associated with sailing! ; )
It's gotta be the halyards trying to beat the mast into submission that causes the most loss of sleep. Of course during the waking hours there aren't many, if any, annoying noises associated with sailing! ; )
Converters
Up here in God's Country, we've no experience with baking dogs or cock-a-doing roosters, so I'd have to say our number one pet peeve are motor boats whose sole purpose or design appears to be to convert gasoline into oboxious noise.
Up here in God's Country, we've no experience with baking dogs or cock-a-doing roosters, so I'd have to say our number one pet peeve are motor boats whose sole purpose or design appears to be to convert gasoline into oboxious noise.
Jetskis
I can get used to halyard slap and it's not *real* common to hear barking dogs, but those %!@# jet skis! At least they go away at nightfall, which is when the gensets kick in. ARGH! LaDonna
I can get used to halyard slap and it's not *real* common to hear barking dogs, but those %!@# jet skis! At least they go away at nightfall, which is when the gensets kick in. ARGH! LaDonna
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