"Slippery when wet" wrote
| My wife and I live aboard, our boat IS our house.

Why not live in a real house? Why not leave sailing and anchorages to sailboats?
How would you like it if you DID live in a nice house and somebody built a factory on
the lot next door. What if the factory made constant noise (wind generators). What
if it put smoke out of smokestacks (diesel exhaust fumes). What if it expanded into
your back yard (dragging anchors or anchoring too close). What if it had trucks
running fast through your back yard and right under your bedroom windows
(motorized tenders). Get my point?

| I'm hearing a lot of frustration and anger.

I'm supposed to be happy about it? Duh!

| Why do you sail if it's such a negative experience for you?

Some of us sail to get away from it all. That's why I sail. That's why
I hate it when other people are so rude that they bring it all with them
and impose it on me.....

| If you thought a sailboat was a ticket to a world free of obnoxious, selfish,
| and/or ignorant people, you must relatively young and inexperienced.

Or maybe I just expect people to be a little more considerate of others.
It's just a matter of living the golden rule. There's no real excuse to impose
upon others. If you impose on others your dumb or rude or selfish....


Cheers,
Ellen