Chesapeake / Irene

Well my boat survived okay but as expected, my dumbass stinkpottin' neighbor never did a thing with his boat so I'm glad I re-tied the lines to at least keep him out of my slip. He has an arch over the stern of the boat and has canvas that goes between it and the windshield . . . at least he did . . . it is now in shreds hanging off the frame in the middle. I have no sympathy for idiots. Paul

Good to hear, only one who has not reported in is Charley, but he's probably out helping others. Chris B on his CAL-20 pulled the boat out in RI so it will be fine as its parked in a safe spot. /ch On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 4:24 PM, <pw… [at] aol.com> wrote: > > > Well my boat survived okay but as expected, my dumbass stinkpottin' > neighbor never did a thing with his boat so I'm glad I re-tied the lines to > at least keep him out of my slip. He has an arch over the stern of the boat > and has canvas that goes between it and the windshield . . . at least he did > . . . it is now in shreds hanging off the frame in the middle. I have no > sympathy for idiots. > > Paul > > > > > > > -- /ch

Up Spa Creek in Annapolis, we did OK. Kept the boat in the slip and had 20 lines coming off of it, all told. Definitely better than Isabel when there was nautical carnage all over. Alcyone II has gone through a number of storms now. Irene, Ivan, Bonnie, Gustav and one other that the name escapes me. I worked all night in the ER over on the Eastern Shore. Saw one bad injury where a man fell off a ladder last night and his thumb stayed on the ladder where it was caught. Had difficulty getting him transported to a Hand Center that does reimplantations but eventually the Sheriff's Department took him to Baltimore. No helicopters flying and the ambulance companies had shut down. He had arrived at my ER on a large Fire Engine pumper that was the only thing driving around at the time. Of course, there is always a pregnant woman that always shows up in labor at the very height of the storm. Something to do with the real low barometric pressure, I suspect. When I drove home today, I did not see a lot of boat damage. There was one jib that had unrolled on a boat at Kent Narrows that was proudly flying in ribbons from the mast head. Glad to hear everyone else faired pretty well. Blue Skies, Darr LaFon Alcyone II, Cal 33-2 Annapolis, MD _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of chris123 Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 7:58 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Chesapeake / Irene Good to hear, only one who has not reported in is Charley, but he's probably out helping others. Chris B on his CAL-20 pulled the boat out in RI so it will be fine as its parked in a safe spot. /ch On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 4:24 PM, <pw… [at] aol.com> wrote: Well my boat survived okay but as expected, my dumbass stinkpottin' neighbor never did a thing with his boat so I'm glad I re-tied the lines to at least keep him out of my slip. He has an arch over the stern of the boat and has canvas that goes between it and the windshield . . . at least he did . . . it is now in shreds hanging off the frame in the middle. I have no sympathy for idiots. Paul -- /ch

Greets Darr: Good to hear that you and your boat did well. Just out of interest where do you practice on the eastern shore. Really like that area of MD. /ch On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Darr LaFon <da… [at] verizon.net> wrote: > ** ** ** ** ** > > > Up Spa Creek in Annapolis, we did OK. >

I work at the hospital in Chestertown. Great place. Nice people. Busy ER. Darr LaFon On Aug 28, 2011, at 9:16 PM, chris123 <ch… [at] gmail.com> wrote: > Greets Darr: > > Good to hear that you and your boat did well. Just out of interest where do you practice on the eastern shore. Really like that area of MD. > > /ch > > > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Darr LaFon <da… [at] verizon.net> wrote: > > > Up Spa Creek in Annapolis, we did OK. > > >

Yup really nice town. Been to that ER....actually. Very competent staff. /ch On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Darr LaFon <da… [at] verizon.net> wrote: > > > I work at the hospital in Chestertown. Great place. Nice people. Busy > ER. > > > > Darr LaFon > > On Aug 28, 2011, at 9:16 PM, chris123 <ch… [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Greets Darr: > > Good to hear that you and your boat did well. Just out of interest where do > you practice on the eastern shore. Really like that area of MD. > > /ch > > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Darr LaFon < <da… [at] verizon.net> > da… [at] verizon.net> wrote: > >> ** ** ** ** ** >> >> >> Up Spa Creek in Annapolis, we did OK. >> > > > > > -- /ch

On 8/28/2011 4:24 PM, pw… [at] aol.com wrote: > > Well my boat survived okay but as expected, my dumbass stinkpottin' > neighbor never did a thing with his boat so I'm glad I re-tied the > lines to at least keep him out of my slip. He has an arch over the > stern of the boat and has canvas that goes between it and the > windshield . . . at least he did . . . it is now in shreds hanging off > the frame in the middle. I have no sympathy for idiots. > There is a sailboat in the marina next to my other boat. It's almost never sailed (lines green with algae). A couple weeks ago I was there when that boat was gone, and when he powered in. I went onto the dock to catch lines--he was drifting sideways into my boat, so I ran back, jumped aboard my boat, and fended off since his crew made no effort to avoid crunching into my boat. Then went back to catch lines for his second approach (hey, we all make miscalculations). Same scenario--drifting sideways, nobody moved to protect my boat, I ran back and pushed him away again. The third time I stayed aboard my own boat. If thoughts could kill.... Chris Campbell

this is when you get out your boat pole, and take off the rubber tips, and maybe for the future, make some fenders out of lawnchair cushions on one side (your boat's) and some old tires(black rubber) and hang them to face his boat. (cushion the other side of your boat to absorb the shock). I am not nearly so nice (allowing for miscalculations is one thing, but being the turnstile for these clowns is another) when someone is blatantly inconsiderate. I will take my boat pole and offer to help, waving it hysterically, it's a lot like yelling starboard. (this then gets some attention, and as it appears there is a crazy woman they are about to contact, and will be neighbors with for the foreseeable future , might make them smarter the next time). Then, I tell them where they can take some classes on docking and sailing; the power squadron, the cg auxiliary. We have an end tie, which is great for docking, but occasionally there are the midnight (I'm assuming, because no-one ever sees them) marauders that leave those big streaks on the outside. Those are the evidence for the ones that MISS the fenders. Has anybody invented fenders that squawk or honk like dog toys when they get hit? The goal is to make your boat less friendly, as in "that dog bites". I patiently tried to teach one group of highschool sailors that used to sneak a powerboat out of a rowing club and run up and down the channel past several harbor facilities, rocking the boats radically, so the last time they went out, I went to their dock, and rigged up a hose with power nozzle, and waited for their return. They repeated their high speed run in, pulled into the dock, I pulled the hose up off the dock and told them to stay put till I had my say, or they were going to get blasted. I explained the law about passing docked vessels, the misery caused to the vessels and any onboard owners, told them about, yes, boating courses, did they have their parents permission to be in that boat, and in the end, had a good two way conversation with several of them, and it lasted for about two years as the word got around. and, some of them actually apologized. (I put away the hose, though I wondered if they would come over to my dock to get even someday). Helen From: Chris Campbell <cc… [at] lsnm.org> To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Mon, August 29, 2011 8:37:07 AM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Chesapeake / Irene On 8/28/2011 4:24 PM, pw… [at] aol.com wrote: >Well my boat survived okay but as expected, my dumbass >stinkpottin' neighbor never did a thing with his boat so I'm >glad I re-tied the lines to at least keep him out of my slip. >He has an arch over the stern of the boat and has canvas that >goes between it and the windshield . . . at least he did . . . >it is now in shreds hanging off the frame in the middle. I >have no sympathy for idiots. > There is a sailboat in the marina next to my other boat. It's almost never sailed (lines green with algae). A couple weeks ago I was there when that boat was gone, and when he powered in. I went onto the dock to catch lines--he was drifting sideways into my boat, so I ran back, jumped aboard my boat, and fended off since his crew made no effort to avoid crunching into my boat. Then went back to catch lines for his second approach (hey, we all make miscalculations). Same scenario--drifting sideways, nobody moved to protect my boat, I ran back and pushed him away again. The third time I stayed aboard my own boat. If thoughts could kill.... Chris Campbell

On 8/29/2011 7:34 PM, Helen Horn wrote: > I explained the law about passing docked vessels, the misery caused to > the vessels and any onboard owners, told them about, yes, boating > courses, did they have their parents permission to be in that boat, > and in the end, had a good two way conversation with several of them, > and it lasted for about two years as the word got around. and, some of > them actually apologized. (I put away the hose, though I wondered if > they would come over to my dock to get even someday). Helen There have been a few times in my life, almost all arising before the age of good sense (about 30), when I did things that were really inconsiderate and got called on it. I can remember each of those because of the lesson they taught me and the intense humiliation of having somebody point out the obvious (that I was being a jerk). So you did the right thing. I'll bet that most of those kids can think back on how embarrassed they were. It's a lot more effective to point out what they probably knew already but had momentarily forgotten than to yell and scream in equally jerky fashion. On the subject of boats banging into yours, the mooring that's too close to mine always makes me nervous, in part because the boat, a Chrysler 26 or so, shows no evidence of any maintenance or care. Boats that look like thgat usually have thoughtless owners. But I find some comfort in knowing that my Cal 20 has those nice bronze rub rail caps on the stern quarters that will poke the other boat if they make contact in the right way. Chris Campbell