Marina Etiguette

Very interesting Read! Thanks for sharing!

I have a few comments:
1) I think "quiet hours" vary by location. On the Columbia River I was told they are 10:00pm-8:00am. No loud music, partying,or generators.
2) Eyes on the walkway? I've never heard this one. I am very guilty of saying hello to dock neighbors as I walk down the dock. It is no different than if your neighbor was gardening or in the garage and you were walking by and said hello. IMO. The thing that gets me though are those that bow in with their anchor hanging over the dock-high or low! VERY unsafe!
3) I found it interesting about running the generator at the dock. In the slip I start the generator as part of my departure routine. I will run my generator at a moorage dock as long as my neighbors are OK with it and the discharge is away from the dock. Anybody else do this? Some people install inverters and massive battery banks, butI guess I haven't got to the point of ponying up the $5-7k for this improvement.

Thanks again for sharing!
 
Carpedmman said:
Very interesting Read! Thanks for sharing!

I have a few comments:
1) I think "quiet hours" vary by location. On the Columbia River I was told they are 10:00pm-8:00am. No loud music, partying,or generators.
2) Eyes on the walkway? I've never heard this one. I am very guilty of saying hello to dock neighbors as I walk down the dock. It is no different than if your neighbor was gardening or in the garage and you were walking by and said hello. IMO. The thing that gets me though are those that bow in with their anchor hanging over the dock-high or low! VERY unsafe!
3) I found it interesting about running the generator at the dock. In the slip I start the generator as part of my departure routine. I will run my generator at a moorage dock as long as my neighbors are OK with it and the discharge is away from the dock. Anybody else do this? Some people install inverters and massive battery banks, butI guess I haven't got to the point of ponying up the $5-7k for this improvement.

Thanks again for sharing!
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Well except at the Halloween Cruise! Dogs are on the dock, cables everywhere and the party dock goes well past midnight and Honda gennies are placed on the bows and in some cases bridge! (even on Sea Rays! yep hard to believe) But sad to say this year a good clown failed to show up and the party dock shut down at 10 PM. Sad really sad.......:smt043:wow:
 
Dogs are not even Allowed at our marina anymore, this after some one's playful pup tore up my buddies nose when he went to pet him, after getting owner's permission! Several stiches and unsettled lawsuit later, marina owners say NO MORE!!
 
It's interesting that the social mores appear to be divided between north/south when it comes to the acceptance of dogs.

Our marina is lacking in many areas but we are very accepting and tolerant of a lot of things so even though there may be a rule against something, most people look the other way for the greater good.
 
k9medic said:
My two boys generally ignore the no fishing from the dock prohibition. They are 8 and 9 and many times the marina staff will give them bait. They are also known to jump off the back of our boat and swim around the dock.
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I'm hoping there's no shore power at this marina your children are swimming in?
 
k9medic said:
Damn! Thank you for the link.

Having watched tubers float past my docked boat and the divers clean the hull, a source of electrical current coming from someone's boat was something that never entered my mind.
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MM that is a great article, I never thought of this either. I’m curious, K9 mentions it too, how about divers cleaning bottoms? Is there some way the can test the water for stray currents or AC being in the water? It seems like a pretty common practice, cleaning the bottoms I mean.

Matt
 
You guys are talking about my new slip neighbor....yup, the power was on. My granddaughters just got done swimming when I found this. I talked to the harbormaster, I guess because no one was dead he figured it wasn't a big deal. I must admit that our swimming at the marina also breaks the rules.
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Yes, the doggy landmines are what gets me, in Australia its law that if your dogs drop 'em you gotta scoop 'em and put it in the bin, big fines other wise. I know of a situation where someone had had enough of dodging dog poo, as the owner just would not pick it up, it was on the pier, and on the grass leading up to the pier, so this person kindly scooped it all up and returned it to the owners boat, it never happened again after that.
 
Abaddonsfury said:
Yes, the doggy landmines are what gets me, in Australia its law that if your dogs drop 'em you gotta scoop 'em and put it in the bin, big fines other wise. I know of a situation where someone had had enough of dodging dog poo, as the owner just would not pick it up, it was on the pier, and on the grass leading up to the pier, so this person kindly scooped it all up and returned it to the owners boat, it never happened again after that.
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+100:thumbsup:
 
k9medic said:
Damn! Thank you for the link.

Having watched tubers float past my docked boat and the divers clean the hull, a source of electrical current coming from someone's boat was something that never entered my mind.
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You are in salt water presumably, ESD is primarily a fresh water issue. In salt water, you can only be shocked by direct contact with an energized boat, not current in the water, as the salt water is more conductive than the human body. Fresh water is less conductive, therefore ESD is a very serious issue in fresh water.
 
Dsybok said:
You are in salt water presumably, ESD is primarily a fresh water issue. In salt water, you can only be shocked by direct contact with an energized boat, not current in the water, as the salt water is more conductive than the human body. Fresh water is less conductive, therefore ESD is a very serious issue in fresh water.
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This is true but many coastal marinas are in brackish water and it is unknown at what point the scales tip to ESD. The best practice is to avoid swimming in marinas with electrical service.

I feel like I have enough to manage getting in and out of the slip without adding worry about someone's kids or grandkids swimming off boats in the marina. Most folks wouldn't let them play in a busy street, but swimming in a boat passageway is ok? Scares me.

MM
 
Dsybok said:
You are in salt water presumably, ESD is primarily a fresh water issue. In salt water, you can only be shocked by direct contact with an energized boat, not current in the water, as the salt water is more conductive than the human body. Fresh water is less conductive, therefore ESD is a very serious issue in fresh water.
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Being a fresh water boater, that's something I wasn't aware of. I cringe when I see swimming in a marina in the Great Lakes and usually mention something to the adults (swimmers are almost always children). The result is many times some snide reply to mind my own business which I then do. I think it was two years ago that a couple people were shocked (one died as I recall) at Clinch Marina in Traverse City, MI. That was due to wires becoming chaffed inside the conduit under the floating dock system. I've never found the water in a marina basin to be the cleanest to begin with, so don't know what the attraction to swim there might be anyway.
 
Dsybok said:
You are in salt water presumably, ESD is primarily a fresh water issue. In salt water, you can only be shocked by direct contact with an energized boat, not current in the water, as the salt water is more conductive than the human body. Fresh water is less conductive, therefore ESD is a very serious issue in fresh water.
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No, I'm on a fresh water river that leads to the Gulf of Mexico.

With more than 25 years operating boats, this is the very first time I have ever heard of ESD. I went down to the boat yesterday to do some cleaning and took a look around. There are a few vessels that I would be very suspect of to have issues with electrical connections.

My wife and I have already talked to our boys about this and surprisingly (for an 8 and 9 year old) they were understanding.

We are headed there today for an overnight stay, now I'll just have to let my dogs poop in the grass and not pick it up :grin:
 
I gotta agree with Play Dough, I wouldn't want to swim in and around the marina(s) unless its to do with hull maintenance. Lotsa boats with auto bilge juice happening... ewwww..:smt119..lol...... Lotsa traffic, kinda like playing on the highway.... dirty and dangerous..
 
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