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"Frank Boettcher" wrote

| I've been anchored in a protected cove with opening
ports, hatches and
| windscoop my method of cooling and had boats come up
running
| generators so they could have AC and TV and/or loud
music devices.
| Generally they are the same idiots who will not tie off
their
| halyards, let them slap against their masts all night
since, with
| their boats closed up, and the drone of the genset and
AC, they can't
| hear them.


Can you beat this one? Me and a friend anchored in
an out of the way little cove one
afternoon. We wanted to watch the sunset sip some wine and
have a quiet night. It was great.
We were the only boat in there. About ten minutes before
sunset this big ugly motor boat
comes in on a plane. He wakes us then turns and anchors
about fifty feet from us. (The cove
was big enough that he could have anchored a hundred yards
away easy.) Right smack dab in
the exact spot where we can't see the sunset. He totally
blocked the view. He plays loud music.
He cooks some burgers on his barbeque. He has two dogs
running around barking. Thank God
he left about a half hour after sunset. Can you get any
more rude and selfish than that?


do you have a knife, can you swim?

Scotty