Wilbur Hubbard wrote:


I have no idea as to the whereabouts of the particular anchorage you have in
mind nor about any other anchorage you might frequent. But one thing I DO
know and it's the only thing that matters is it's high time people start
asserting their rights to clean air and peace and quiet in ANY anchorage
other than some big shipping anchorage which small yachts would have to be
daft to even consider using.


I agree that one generator can ruin the peace of an anchorage for the
entire group. I'll also add as annoyances any sort of music which is
clearly audible outside the confines of the boat on which it's being played.

However, the problem is that we have no rights to assert. I prefer
perfect quiet whilst at anchor but have no more right to that than
someone has the right to both run a generator AND play rap noise. There
are no rules. There are only standards evolved from when we didn't have
generators or rap crap.

Just as for me, the beauty of a sail is being able to end a day or set
of days at sea by a quiet time on my aft deck enjoying the remains of
the day or the evening quiet, some think the perfect end to a day at sea
is watching TV or listening to 50 cent piece wail on about how he likes
to shoot his bitch's ass with the piece he stole off of a police he killed.

At one anchorage south of Peanut Island in FL (Palm Beach) one fellow
playing loud music apparently got his anchor rode cut by another fellow
who swam there in an amphibious attack. But as much as we fantasize
about doing that, AFAIK, that's the only time it really occurred and it
may have been a defective cable at that.

-paul