The flagrant mis-use of "courtesy docks"! They are there as a "courtesy" for all boaters, correct? Not to tie your boat up to for 20 minutes - sometimes an hour or more.
At one of the lakes I frequent, there is one dock coming out from shore for a 3-lane ramp. The dock can hold one decent sized boat on each side, and still allow someone to come along the end of the dock (or back into it). The dock is about 6 feet wide and maybe 25' long.
The other day, I was coming back to the dock and there was a boat tied on one side - with NO ONE in it. But, they were tied decently far enough back from the end. The other side had a lady in it, but the boat was tied so far up that the bow of her boat was protruding past the front edge of the dock. I only wanted to "jump off" as my dad was behind the wheel and he would put it back on the trailer. I kindly asked her if she could move her boat back (it was all of about 15' long) so we could come along the front of the dock w/o hitting her boat. Honestly, I did say it kindly!:smt001 Do you know what her response was? "Well, why don't you just be careful and then I won't have to worry about it." :smt013 Can you believe that? The nerve! It's her boat that's in the way and I have to be the one to be extra careful! After my dad angled in ever so gracefully, I thanked her for helping to make things easier for us.
Okay, vent is over. Thanks for reading - hopefully I didn't bore you half way through... :smt001
At one of the lakes I frequent, there is one dock coming out from shore for a 3-lane ramp. The dock can hold one decent sized boat on each side, and still allow someone to come along the end of the dock (or back into it). The dock is about 6 feet wide and maybe 25' long.
The other day, I was coming back to the dock and there was a boat tied on one side - with NO ONE in it. But, they were tied decently far enough back from the end. The other side had a lady in it, but the boat was tied so far up that the bow of her boat was protruding past the front edge of the dock. I only wanted to "jump off" as my dad was behind the wheel and he would put it back on the trailer. I kindly asked her if she could move her boat back (it was all of about 15' long) so we could come along the front of the dock w/o hitting her boat. Honestly, I did say it kindly!:smt001 Do you know what her response was? "Well, why don't you just be careful and then I won't have to worry about it." :smt013 Can you believe that? The nerve! It's her boat that's in the way and I have to be the one to be extra careful! After my dad angled in ever so gracefully, I thanked her for helping to make things easier for us.
Okay, vent is over. Thanks for reading - hopefully I didn't bore you half way through... :smt001