The fellow who screwed his shore power cord down and then left it live
has, thankfully, moved to a different berth. When he left however, he
just yanked up the cord and left the broken cable clips with their
wood colored deck screws sticking up about half an inch. I discovered
this when something snagged my foot and nearly pitched me into the
drink.

I spent 20 minutes removing all the screws. Another person took them
around to his new slip and deposited them in his cockpit just in case
he needs them again.

I think that was the height of neighborliness, don't you?

--

Roger Long

Rodger, If it were me, I would have crammed then through an old shoe
and THEN tossed it into the cockpit.

More noticable that way. besides... the offender might think of the
possible damages.

On the other hand. he probably doesn't have a clue. Doesn't now, and
wouldn't then....


Roger Long wrote:
The fellow who screwed his shore power cord down and then left it live
has, thankfully, moved to a different berth. When he left however, he
just yanked up the cord and left the broken cable clips with their
wood colored deck screws sticking up about half an inch. I discovered
this when something snagged my foot and nearly pitched me into the
drink.

I spent 20 minutes removing all the screws. Another person took them
around to his new slip and deposited them in his cockpit just in case
he needs them again.

I think that was the height of neighborliness, don't you?

--

Roger Long

I think I'd have screwed them into his instruments, along with the cable
clamps in case he needed them to hold any more wiring he might want to do in
those areas...

--
L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
http://tinyurl.com/p7rb4 - NOTE:new URL! The vessel as Tehamana, as we
bought her

"Believe me, my young friend, there is *nothing*-absolutely nothing-half so
much worth doing as simply messing, messing-about-in-boats; messing about in
boats-or *with* boats.
In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's
the charm of it.
Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your
destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get
anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in
particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and
you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not."

"Roger Long" wrote in message
news
The fellow who screwed his shore power cord down and then left it live
has, thankfully, moved to a different berth. When he left however, he
just yanked up the cord and left the broken cable clips with their wood
colored deck screws sticking up about half an inch. I discovered this
when something snagged my foot and nearly pitched me into the drink.

I spent 20 minutes removing all the screws. Another person took them
around to his new slip and deposited them in his cockpit just in case he
needs them again.

I think that was the height of neighborliness, don't you?

--

Roger Long

"Skip Gundlach" skipgundlach at gmail dotcom wrote in
:

I think I'd have screwed them into his instruments, along with the
cable clamps in case he needed them to hold any more wiring he might
want to do in those areas...



Oh, oh....This thread's gonna be trouble, again!...(c;

"Roger Long" wrote in newsqEkg.16385$W97.13705
@twister.nyroc.rr.com:

I think that was the height of neighborliness, don't you?



No, true neighbors would have screwed the clamps into the wood on his
cockpit....so they couldn't get lost, don'tcha see...(c;

is this guy a powerboater?

SV

"Roger Long" wrote in message
news
The fellow who screwed his shore power cord down and then
left it live
has, thankfully, moved to a different berth. When he left
however, he
just yanked up the cord and left the broken cable clips
with their
wood colored deck screws sticking up about half an inch.
I discovered
this when something snagged my foot and nearly pitched me
into the
drink.

I spent 20 minutes removing all the screws. Another person
took them
around to his new slip and deposited them in his cockpit
just in case
he needs them again.

I think that was the height of neighborliness, don't you?

--

Roger Long

How'd you guess??

Been there, seen that...

Yes.

--
L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
http://tinyurl.com/p7rb4 - NOTE:new URL! The vessel as Tehamana, as we
bought her

"Believe me, my young friend, there is *nothing*-absolutely nothing-half so
much worth doing as simply messing, messing-about-in-boats; messing about in
boats-or *with* boats.
In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's
the charm of it.
Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your
destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get
anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in
particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and
you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not."

"Scotty" wrote in message
...
is this guy a powerboater?

SV

"Roger Long" wrote in message
news
The fellow who screwed his shore power cord down and then
left it live
has, thankfully, moved to a different berth. When he left
however, he
just yanked up the cord and left the broken cable clips
with their
wood colored deck screws sticking up about half an inch.
I discovered
this when something snagged my foot and nearly pitched me
into the
drink.

I spent 20 minutes removing all the screws. Another person
took them
around to his new slip and deposited them in his cockpit
just in case
he needs them again.

I think that was the height of neighborliness, don't you?

--

Roger Long

Just a hunch. At our marina, seems like all the rude ones
are powerboaters.

SV

"Skip Gundlach" skipgundlach at gmail dotcom wrote in
message ...
How'd you guess??

Been there, seen that...

Yes.

--
L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
http://tinyurl.com/p7rb4 - NOTE:new URL! The vessel as
Tehamana, as we
bought her

"Believe me, my young friend, there is
*nothing*-absolutely nothing-half so
much worth doing as simply messing,
messing-about-in-boats; messing about in
boats-or *with* boats.
In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really
to matter, that's
the charm of it.
Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you
arrive at your
destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or
whether you never get
anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do
anything in
particular; and when you've done it there's always
something else to do, and
you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not."

"Scotty" wrote in message
...
is this guy a powerboater?

SV

"Roger Long" wrote in message
news
The fellow who screwed his shore power cord down and
then
left it live
has, thankfully, moved to a different berth. When he
left
however, he
just yanked up the cord and left the broken cable clips
with their
wood colored deck screws sticking up about half an
inch.
I discovered
this when something snagged my foot and nearly pitched
me
into the
drink.

I spent 20 minutes removing all the screws. Another
person
took them
around to his new slip and deposited them in his
cockpit
just in case
he needs them again.

I think that was the height of neighborliness, don't
you?

--

Roger Long

No, it's actually a sailboat. It sank last year by wearing a hole in
its transom during a storm (Spring lines?).
It's in the 30 foot range but the new owner bought it for $1000.

--

Roger Long

Scotty wrote:

Just a hunch. At our marina, seems like all the rude ones
are powerboaters.

You ought to get out and about a bit more. It might help remove or at least
diminish some of your prejudices.

I traveled and lived aboard a small sailboat for eight years and visited
many places, ranging from Canada to Bermuda to Cuba to The Islands. Of
course I met many people, and most were just regular folks. However there
were, from time to time, a few "offenders."

My experience was that, at least in the cruising community (which is what
this group is about), there were at least as many sailboat jerks as
powerboat jerks. Often the sailboat jerks were more offensive, since they
worked under the assumption that sailboat people were automatically smarter.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://home.comcast.net/kerrydeare