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my boat is at the shop having the bottom acid washed.

stop by my slip and notice my slip neighbor has taken my ropes to secure his/her boat.

needless to say, i took my ropes back.

seriously?
 
ehaze said:
my boat is at the shop having the bottom acid washed.

stop by my slip and notice my slip neighbor has taken my ropes to secure his/her boat.

needless to say, i took my ropes back.

seriously?
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So you untied his boat and left it that way?
 
How brutal. Are no manners anymore? What would make someone think it was ok to use your lines? How did he know you weren't out on the water?
 
not the first time for this to happen.

in the past, a single rope would be missing.

i grabbed one of the ropes from their boat and tied it down (hope the wind doesn't kick up).

maybe the next time i'm out i'll borrow some of their gas.
 
ehaze said:
my boat is at the shop having the bottom acid washed.

stop by my slip and notice my slip neighbor has taken my ropes to secure his/her boat.

needless to say, i took my ropes back.

seriously?
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You should be grateful he just used your lines...if you were living in such a high civilized country like mine you would have experienced something definitely more upsetting. I do not leave my lines on land anymore because they stole them more than once. I got my water connection adapter stolen at least 100 times. They stole my Furuno 36 nm radar and I cannot leave the fuel tank in my tender as it would disappear immediately...
 
ehaze said:
my boat is at the shop having the bottom acid washed.

stop by my slip and notice my slip neighbor has taken my ropes to secure his/her boat.

needless to say, i took my ropes back.

seriously?
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You should let him keep the ropes and get some lines for your boat. Don't leave your lines laying around, they're expensive.
 
sfergson727 said:
Man, that is nuts...you guys live in some pizz poor neighborhoods. My lines stayed at the dock the full two weeks my boat was out and were unmolested. Actually I take that back, one of my lines fell in the water, and someone on my pier retrieved it from the water and re-secured it.
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:lol:

it's a marina, not my residence.
 
I Hate inconsiderate A..holes!!!!treat others as you wish to be treated!old Rule not followed by many anymore..IMHO let him float free F..Him..He will wake up fast..IMHO:huh:
 
I'd just be nice and give him a sandwich......a knuckle sandwich! :smt021
 
Wow. Not sure what I would do there (besides taking my lines back). Although, the way mine are secured, it would take someone 10-15 minutes per line to get them loose, so I'm not overly worried about it either. Got to be some way to let him know that taking your stuff is not acceptable. Marina management perhaps?

My problem is the water hose. I can't leave the sprayer on it, because it always disappears. And I don't mind other people using my hose, but if they could wrap it back up the way they found it, rather than knotting and kinking it and leaving part of it in the water to get scummy, that would be dandy.

And I just know someday I'm going to come back to the slip and find another boat in it, as our slip is very near a popular bar on the lake.
 
JV II said:
You should let him keep the ropes and get some lines for your boat.
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FWIW....you could argue that they are ropes when laying on the dock. I think they technically become lines when they are on a boat.

Either way -- I would have a conversation with the guy and find out what he's thinking.
 
I feel your pain ehaze. About 6 months ago I posted about a "new" slip neighbor of mine. He helped himself to my cable tv line, ran it into his front hatch & left. I was pissed but could tell he didn't know much about how things were set up (he also filled my trash can & left it there).

Anyway, I told the marina office that I needed my cable back by weeks end & the following week he apologized. He thought it was "community". Whatever. He has been down once or twice since then.

The 6 lines that he has his boat tied up with are all as tight as banjo strings & all have multiple granny knots on them. He's never on the boat so I still can't figure why he needed my coax cable anyway? !@#$%^/?
 
We had a guy at the marina that would wait until.
We all went boating on another persons boat.
Than he would steal half of the beer & liquor from the boats left at the marina. :smt021
Poor Dave Hoyt is no longer there !!. :thumbsup:
 
chumbley said:
Wow. Not sure what I would do there (besides taking my lines back). Although, the way mine are secured, it would take someone 10-15 minutes per line to get them loose, so I'm not overly worried about it either. Got to be some way to let him know that taking your stuff is not acceptable. Marina management perhaps?

My problem is the water hose. I can't leave the sprayer on it, because it always disappears. And I don't mind other people using my hose, but if they could wrap it back up the way they found it, rather than knotting and kinking it and leaving part of it in the water to get scummy, that would be dandy.

And I just know someday I'm going to come back to the slip and find another boat in it, as our slip is very near a popular bar on the lake.
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At least they leave the hose!! The marina I winter stored at had the boat inside for months doing gel coat repairs. Then they put it outside. I went down a month ago and went to grab my hose out of the lazarette and it was gone!! It was a good 50 footer I use to wash my boat down at days end!!:smt013:smt013:smt013 Not a big expense but, c'mon man.....WTF!!!!! Thanks for letting me get that off my chest! Todd
 
Wow. One less thing to worry about here. At our marina, we all know each other and keep a constant watch on each other's belongings. No one steals anything from anyone. We have a bunch of good folks.

Last year, a couple of kids had cased the area and made a shopping list of items from the marina and the neighborhood. They came around one night to collect the booty. When they got to the marina, someone spotted a 2AM prop removal job going on and called the marina owner, who called the cop who lived across the street, who called his buddies at the station, who blocked the only route in or out of the area. They got the guys 4 hours later and returned everyone's belongings. We later found out that these guys had been hitting marinas all over Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia for at least 2 years. The local cops got credit for solving a big case.
 
mwph said:
The 6 lines that he has his boat tied up with are all as tight as banjo strings & all have multiple granny knots on them.
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Just out of curiosity, is it considered a newbie mistake to have six lines? I have six lines (one on each corner and two spring lines), and I just thought I was being prudent...
 
I have 8 lines (probably overkill). 2 bow, 2 stern, and 4 spring in (each direction on each side). The key words from the comment above is "banjo string". You don't want them tight. Leave the boat room to move around without hitting anything. It's easier on the lines, easier on the boat, and it doesn't jerk the boat around as much (which makes it more pleasant to be on it).
 
skibum said:
Wow. One less thing to worry about here. At our marina, we all know each other and keep a constant watch on each other's belongings. No one steals anything from anyone. We have a bunch of good folks.

Last year, a couple of kids had cased the area and made a shopping list of items from the marina and the neighborhood. They came around one night to collect the booty. When they got to the marina, someone spotted a 2AM prop removal job going on and called the marina owner, who called the cop who lived across the street, who called his buddies at the station, who blocked the only route in or out of the area. They got the guys 4 hours later and returned everyone's belongings. We later found out that these guys had been hitting marinas all over Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia for at least 2 years. The local cops got credit for solving a big case.
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Good to hear, I always like reading stories like this, where the good guys win! My girlfriend's car was broken into Saturday night... she unfortunately left it open (which she never does) and they hit the neighborhood. Luckily, they were looking for electronics apparently and she didn't have any in the car, they went thru all the storage locations and left them all open but didn't take anything that we could see. Even left change in the center console. I'd have loved for cops to have come by about then.
 
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