Power cord in the water.

trit21 You have a point about folks just not caring, probably the better way of putting it. But it is still disconcerting when you see stuff like that happen, try to be helpful and basically get the cold shoulder.
 
I am getting impression a cord loop in the water, damaged or not, will not increase anode corrosion?
 
Oh no! Not a power cord in the water again!!!! Down Frank, down boy.....Its OK he didn't mean it!

Power cords in the water is like having a honda Genny on your boat with this crowd....:grin:
 
The Bill Collector said:
I am of the believe power cords should NEVER be in the water and I correct that situation on every boat that I walk by and see it.... I do not care if this upsets the owner..... I WILL NOT BACK DOWN.
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If if you touched my stuff and I didn't give you permission we would have a HUGE problem.
 
Do Over, you always bring the best out in folks. :smt043:smt043Like you, I would want to have someone alert me if I'm there but I sure would hate to have someone get injured on my account or during my absence.

Pulling my wires out of the water to keep folks from getting killed I would be greatly welcomed. Just my opinion.
 
OldSkool said:
Do Over, you always bring the best out in folks. :smt043:smt043Like you, I would want to have someone alert me if I'm there but I sure would hate to have someone get injured on my account or during my absence.

Pulling my wires out of the water to keep folks from getting killed I would be greatly welcomed. Just my opinion.
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Waves & tides play heck with a well intentioned placement of a power cord... If no one is on the vessel, a simple loop or wrap etc takes the cord out of the water and out of danger for us all.
 
OldSkool said:
Do Over, you always bring the best out in folks. :smt043:smt043Like you, I would want to have someone alert me if I'm there but I sure would hate to have someone get injured on my account or during my absence.

Pulling my wires out of the water to keep folks from getting killed I would be greatly welcomed. Just my opinion.
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its my magnetic personality :lol:

I just think it's funny when folks get all "puffy" on the Internet........we get it....it's a big deal (too some)....in fact I think I stated earlier it was just stupid BUT I don't mess with folks stuff without permission...there's some crazy mofos out there. :smt043
 
D. O. you are right... me getting "puffy" on the internet is funny. I am a firm believer in "the right thing to do is always the right thing to do".
 
The Bill Collector said:
D. O. you are right... me getting "puffy" on the internet is funny. I am a firm believer in "the right thing to do is always the right thing to do".
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I get it BC and agree .....a turn here or there shouldn't be a problem for most....honestly I only have experience on a lake...I can only imagine what tides and currents can do to riggings.

clif
 
We do most of our boating on Puget Sound which opens to the Pacific and we experience 12 foot tide swings daily so I have shored up a fair amount of power cords over time....:thumbsup:
 
trit21 said:
I think you are wrong. Not about the power cord in the water you are all 100% correct about keeping it out of the water, but about they 'don't get it'. I think they get it, they just don't care about it.
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thats even worse than "don't get it"
 
The Bill Collector said:
I am of the believe power cords should NEVER be in the water and I correct that situation on every boat that I walk by and see it.... I do not care if this upsets the owner..... I WILL NOT BACK DOWN.
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I have been on the other side of this. Some helpful soul decided to adjust my power cord to lift it out of the water during an abnormally high tide where the wind was blowing the boat back towards the dock. They pulled it too tight and when the tide went out and the wind shifted the other way, it tried to rip the cord out of the boat. Almost created a fire and caused several $$$$ damage to the vessel.

If you see it in the water call the dockmaster. Don't touch other peoples crap!
 
I'll give you guys an example of what happened to me last year.

The dock where I was staying was fixed and not in the best of condition. In fact, during some storms depending on the wind conditions, the water would be blown inland and raise the tide above the dock. I would regularly walk the dock and make sure people's boats weren't tied too tight and make moderate adjustments when I could.

I was friendly and knew most people so I figured they would appreciate it.

One day a storm was going on and with the rain and wind, the water level was about an inch from going over the dock. My dock neighbor didn't have his power cord connected to the boat and it was just coiled on the dock. So I checked the breaker and sure enough it was hot!....So, being a good neighbor and not wanting to die, I switched off the breaker.

Cut to two days later and I see my neighbor and tell him, "Hey, I switched off your breaker"... He proceeds to tell me he remembered he forgot to plug it in and sent his wife down the day before to plug it in. Well she did but she didn't check the the breaker and she left. So he thought he had power to the vessel and couldn't figure why something wasn't working....haha...boaters...gotta love it. - -- Good thing I mentioned it to him. No animosity, but no real concern about potentially frying anyone either.
 
Boat Guy said:
You did make some pretty aggressive statements...What is the right thing to do in your opinion?
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First off I have never stepped on anyone elses boat... Helping a power cord out of the water has been done by dockside & generally it's just putting a coil of cord on the holder at the power stanchion or using the stern line to help support it.
 
We can have some pretty good storms but i dont have to worry about tides. I have helped out slip neighbors with lose lines and power cords. Especially those who you know are not there much. Here are a few occasions.

A slip neighbor had a metal launch in front of his boat. I rerpoed his set up because I couldn't stand there and watch this metal boat leaving marks if not damage. I mentioned it to him the next time we saw each other and he thanked me. No big deal.

Another slip neighbor for whatever reason left their boat transom in with only two stern lines and one Springline attached. Well you could imagine the transom was banging up against the dock something awful. Not wanting to deal with searching for a rope on their boat, i used one of my own. But as before I couldn't just stand there and let someone else's boat get damaged. This person is also a repeat offender of cord in the water.

Also just last season I boarded someone's boat because it was sinking. And after some to do, i was able to get the bilge working, boat saved.

I've only been on someone else's boat without their knowledge two other times fo spotlights left on. But they are people i know well and apparently forgetful.

There are cord guidelines at my marina as guide lines for dogs. A marine member reminded me of the dog guidelines one day and I assured him that I was in the wrong and told him it would never happen again. I looked at my dog waved my arm towards the boat and onto the boat she went. I guess the point I'm trying to make is no matter how good the dog is the rules are to mind your cords and dogs.
 
I keep a good eye on my power cord and others on my dock. I'm on a floating dock and a couple of years ago I found a big problem. I lay the power cord down between the dock planks from the power outlet box to the side of the boat my boat power outlets are on. The cord is secured at each end of the dock planks and lay over the dock float. The cords never hang into the water and are not on top of the dock surface, so no tripping over them.
The problem I found when I pulled the cords out from between the planks was bare wires. Apparently a beaver or some other critter laid on top of the float below the dock planks and chewed off the cords insulation. Shocking.
 
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