Would you board another boat without permission?

That is fine - Id appreciate anyone doing what you did, and have done it for others. What peeved me once was watching a bunch of wakeboarders walk THROUGH someones boat while wet to get to their friends boat because they were too lazy to walk to the public dock, so he pulled along side the other boat (without fenders!) and they all piled through.
 
I think the only person to complain about someone preventing any possible damge to another boat probably never owned one. Step aboard Maxies Taxi any time
 
I'd appreciate it, especially if I was driving the other boat...
 
Stepping on a boat without permission is incorrect and should not be done, but for every rule there is an exception. If the boat is in danger then permission is not needed and you do what you have to do.
 
Last year a 50+ foot Hat was coming down our fairway in the marina and lost his port side transmission. His first time losing power in one engine. He was drifting pretty good while figuring out a single engine and bowthruster approach.

My wife and I were "leapfrogging" boat to boat and managed to keep him off of 6 boats, including ours. The carnage would have been sickening. Our marina uses 30' slips for boats up to 45' LOA and we were all hanging at least 6' into the fairway.

Not a single complaint. Anyone may board my boat any time they see a risk needing a solution, and all my dockmates do the same - thankfully.
 
I don't think anyone has any problem with the rather obvious conclusion there was only gratitude in this case the original poster described.
But what about the much more typical situations, when other boat friends walking the marina pass by, say hi, then walk in and sit down?
This has happened to me a couple of times and although I welcomed the friend, I could have been otherwise uninterested in company.
On the other hand "Permission to come aboard?" sounds so stuffy, and I feel funny myself saying it....is there a happy medium?
 
rhodyboater said:
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But what about the much more typical situations, when other boat friends walking the marina pass by, say hi, then walk in and sit down?
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My $.02- this is a big part of what we love about marina life- making friends that are in most cases seasonal pals. I find that most/all of the other dock mates will stop and chat from the dock- if I don't feel like company, I step out onto the dock, talk about the weather, etc, then say something like, "Well, I need to get back to doing nothing". This usually works out well. If I don't mind the company, then I say those magic summer words- "Wanna beer?".
 
Happened again today at the dock - A Sea Ray no less, was being towed in by a DINGHY, with a second dinghy pushing the swim platform to help. I ran down two dock to help and had to climb on a boat to fend off the guy being towed in and help him into his own slip without hitting his neighbor. Everyone was appreciative of the help!
 
AKBASSKING said:
Good Job!!:smt038

I do it all the time when I am in a transient spot and my boat is the last one in line of 4 boats (don’t know the correct dock term here)! You have to cross to get to your boat
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You are "rafted along side".

In marinas there is an inplicit understanding that marina officials may board at any time to maintain control, safety of other vessels and marina property, and peace of the marina. If you leave your boat for the week and forget to turn offf your VHF and it squaks constanty, the Dockmaster can board and shut off the radio. Or a dock line parts, the Dockmaster may board, find a line and secure your vessel.

In cases where Dock officials are not present, other owners may board and perform similar duties, however, the rule is do no harm.

My marina never boards, they just call and leave a message!

Example:

Some years ago, July fourth, a slip mate brought in a brand new cat cruiser, locked up the boat, no shore power, and left town on a family outing. Two am I wake to a comotion of women talking loudly on the dock. I overheard that a boat was sinking. The cabin Cat was hanging on its stern lines and pulling a finger pier over. Owner and dockmaster incomunicado.

I grab my spare pumps and hoses and got some help to refloat or stop further sinking. The leak could not be reached as it was inside the locked cabin. Gasoline had not started leaking but that eventuality was near. I rounded up three 2000gph pumps which failed to move water out as fast as it was flowing in, then the water shorts out his batteries ... grrrr. I strung jumper lines from other vessels to drive the pumps and we called Sea Tow who refused to respond while the boat was in the slip w/o owner permission or dockmaster. So, I brought over a cordless drill and drilled out the lock cylinder and opened the cabin, to find her flooding quickly now as a bow line had now parted.

I searched under floor boards, seating cabinets looking for a thru hull ....and shazamm a hose with clamp dangling free blown off of a fitting that was also poorly secured and floppy. I plugged the thru hull pipe which only cut the flow by 50%. And it was now too obvious that she would sink unless a diver plugged the leak from the outside. I smelled gasoline and the safety of surrounding vessels and the wooden docks became a larger concern. So I call in the police, who bring the shore patrol, who call in Sea Tow who drops a diver in the water and seals the thru hull and tow the boat off to a yard. All was a four hour ordeal.

The owner upon return was PO'd we didn't let it sink in the slip! Go figure. He was such an a$$, the YC marina threw him out. For him, dealer and factory gave him a new boat and rehabed his OB's (I'd saved his OBs from sinking) because he had done all an owner could have done to saved his vessel in the circumstance and it was just hours in his possession.

You never know.
 
On a similar note, there is a boat in our marina that hasn't seen it's owner in more than a year. He is deployed over seas off and on, but it's obvious to me that he is waiting to collect the insurance. Our dock manager boards it frequently to pump it out. The rest of us keep it tied up securely.
 
Hampton said:
On a similar note, there is a boat in our marina that hasn't seen it's owner in more than a year. He is deployed over seas off and on, but it's obvious to me that he is waiting to collect the insurance. Our dock manager boards it frequently to pump it out. The rest of us keep it tied up securely.
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I do not understand why these people don't just dry dock their boats.........................
 
AKBASSKING said:
I do not understand why these people don't just dry dock their boats.........................
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Not too hard to understand, if he's waiting for calamity to collect insurance it's a lot less likely to happen on shore. That and he'd have to pay extra to have it pulled and stored, while most likely still having to pay for the slip. Yeah, if someone cared enough to want to keep the boat it would make a lot more sense to have it pulled out.
 
wkearney99 said:
Not too hard to understand, if he's waiting for calamity to collect insurance it's a lot less likely to happen on shore. That and he'd have to pay extra to have it pulled and stored, while most likely still having to pay for the slip. Yeah, if someone cared enough to want to keep the boat it would make a lot more sense to have it pulled out.
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I agree. For a guy like me who is restoring a neglected SR, it is just a waste i guess.
 
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