Woody
Well-Known Member
Depends how you want to look at things, from your view restrictive, from your neighbors view maybe not. I share a narrow dock with my slip neighbor. I don't want him fueling or the smell of gas when I'm cooking on the marinas shore grill or my boat grill. I don't want him fueling up when I'm sitting on my boat smoking a stogey. I don't want to put out my stogey just because he wants to fuel up. I don't want to swim in that sheen on the water from his drippy gas cans. I don't want him backing up on the lawn between the picnic tables so he don't have to carry cans so far, that's were the girls sun on their blanket and the little kids play. Without my marinas rules to prevent this, him and I would have serious conflicts. While some of these rules may be individually disliked I think a side effect is peace and harmony among the slip holders...my slip neighbor likes me...he's just disagrees with the marinas fueling policy.Way to go Turtle!
I don't get these marinas that have all these rules about working or gassing your boat. I for one would never stay at such a socialist place! As far as filling up with cans, so long as the can is approved for gasoline or diesel and the owner takes care when filling, there is no difference than going to a fuel dock other than your wallet is a little fatter...... Really? I have a choice and that is to act with my feet and my money. Yep it is my money and I choose who does what on my boat not the marina.....