You make a statement when you run a portable generator in an anchorage. As a
matter of fact you make at least half a dozen statements:


1) My 120 volt frivolities are more important than your peace and quiet.

2) My unnecessary noise-making is more important than your enjoying the
ambience of an anchorage where you and many others go to get away from it
all.

3) I'm not capable of enjoying life without being plugged into the grid so I
take the grid with me and make noise and pollute. If you don't like it then
go to hell. You can always move. Just because I anchored half a boat length
upwind of you doesn't give you any right to complain. I'll damned well
anchor and make noise anywhere I want!

4) I must be the center of attention. That's why when all the boats in the
anchorage are enjoying the peace and quiet I delight in making noise for an
hour or two or more at a time (even late at night) so I can watch television
or my wife can blow dry her hair. Nobody else matters but me and mine! My
desires outweigh those of the many.

5) If I'm not running the generator then my dog's constant barking annoys me
so I run the generator to drown out the noise of the barking. And, when I'm
not running my portable generator I've got my noisy wind generator providing
the racket. Never mind everybody else must listen to all three! Other people
don't matter to me.

6) The noise of my portable doesn't generally bother me and if it does I
just run it while I go to shore in the dinghy to do some sight seeing. I
don't give a hoot if you have to listen to it. If it bothers you then try
going to shore too.


These and other such reasons all come down to one very clear point - You are
a self-centered, rude, obnoxious jerk.

Wilbur Hubbard

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...
You make a statement when you run a portable generator in an anchorage. As
a matter of fact you make at least half a dozen statements:


1) My 120 volt frivolities are more important than your peace and quiet.

2) My unnecessary noise-making is more important than your enjoying the
ambience of an anchorage where you and many others go to get away from it
all.

3) I'm not capable of enjoying life without being plugged into the grid so
I take the grid with me and make noise and pollute. If you don't like it
then go to hell. You can always move. Just because I anchored half a boat
length upwind of you doesn't give you any right to complain. I'll damned
well anchor and make noise anywhere I want!

4) I must be the center of attention. That's why when all the boats in the
anchorage are enjoying the peace and quiet I delight in making noise for
an hour or two or more at a time (even late at night) so I can watch
television or my wife can blow dry her hair. Nobody else matters but me
and mine! My desires outweigh those of the many.

5) If I'm not running the generator then my dog's constant barking annoys
me so I run the generator to drown out the noise of the barking. And, when
I'm not running my portable generator I've got my noisy wind generator
providing the racket. Never mind everybody else must listen to all three!
Other people don't matter to me.

6) The noise of my portable doesn't generally bother me and if it does I
just run it while I go to shore in the dinghy to do some sight seeing. I
don't give a hoot if you have to listen to it. If it bothers you then try
going to shore too.


These and other such reasons all come down to one very clear point - You
are a self-centered, rude, obnoxious jerk.

Wilbur Hubbard



I don't know if you are addressing me. All I wanted to know was if anybody
had any knowledge or experience with the safety aspects of running a small,
self-contained, Honda EU-2000i portable generator in the cockpit of a boat.

I assume you don't have any knowledge or experience.

Thanks, anyway.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...
You make a statement when you run a portable generator in an anchorage.
As a matter of fact you make at least half a dozen statements:


1) My 120 volt frivolities are more important than your peace and quiet.

2) My unnecessary noise-making is more important than your enjoying the
ambience of an anchorage where you and many others go to get away from it
all.

3) I'm not capable of enjoying life without being plugged into the grid
so I take the grid with me and make noise and pollute. If you don't like
it then go to hell. You can always move. Just because I anchored half a
boat length upwind of you doesn't give you any right to complain. I'll
damned well anchor and make noise anywhere I want!

4) I must be the center of attention. That's why when all the boats in
the anchorage are enjoying the peace and quiet I delight in making noise
for an hour or two or more at a time (even late at night) so I can watch
television or my wife can blow dry her hair. Nobody else matters but me
and mine! My desires outweigh those of the many.

5) If I'm not running the generator then my dog's constant barking annoys
me so I run the generator to drown out the noise of the barking. And,
when I'm not running my portable generator I've got my noisy wind
generator providing the racket. Never mind everybody else must listen to
all three! Other people don't matter to me.

6) The noise of my portable doesn't generally bother me and if it does I
just run it while I go to shore in the dinghy to do some sight seeing. I
don't give a hoot if you have to listen to it. If it bothers you then try
going to shore too.


These and other such reasons all come down to one very clear point - You
are a self-centered, rude, obnoxious jerk.

Wilbur Hubbard



I don't know if you are addressing me. All I wanted to know was if
anybody had any knowledge or experience with the safety aspects of running
a small, self-contained, Honda EU-2000i portable generator in the cockpit
of a boat.

I assume you don't have any knowledge or experience.

Thanks, anyway.

Eisboch

I'm not addressing you specifically but because you're even considering
running a portable generator you probably embody one or more of the above
selfish attributes. Either that or you just never gave it much thought. You
saw some other asshole doing it and you thought to yourself -"Hmmm, maybe I
should do that too." Well, DON'T! Not everybody these days is deaf. Not
everybody has ruined their ears with loud IPods and loud cell phones.
Portable generators have NO PLACE in an anchorage. Even the ones people
claim run quietly are very noisy. They are just so inconsiderate. If you
can't live without shore power on your boat then either stay home or invest
in a proper, water cooled and water muffled built-in generator that exhausts
at the waterline and makes no more noise than water lapping on the hull. And
if you run one of those be sure to anchor downwind of everybody so the
exhaust doesn't ruin the very clean air they've got a right to breathe.

Wilbur Hubbard

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...
You make a statement when you run a portable generator in an anchorage.
As a matter of fact you make at least half a dozen statements:


1) My 120 volt frivolities are more important than your peace and quiet.

2) My unnecessary noise-making is more important than your enjoying the
ambience of an anchorage where you and many others go to get away from
it all.

3) I'm not capable of enjoying life without being plugged into the grid
so I take the grid with me and make noise and pollute. If you don't like
it then go to hell. You can always move. Just because I anchored half a
boat length upwind of you doesn't give you any right to complain. I'll
damned well anchor and make noise anywhere I want!

4) I must be the center of attention. That's why when all the boats in
the anchorage are enjoying the peace and quiet I delight in making noise
for an hour or two or more at a time (even late at night) so I can watch
television or my wife can blow dry her hair. Nobody else matters but me
and mine! My desires outweigh those of the many.

5) If I'm not running the generator then my dog's constant barking
annoys me so I run the generator to drown out the noise of the barking.
And, when I'm not running my portable generator I've got my noisy wind
generator providing the racket. Never mind everybody else must listen to
all three! Other people don't matter to me.

6) The noise of my portable doesn't generally bother me and if it does I
just run it while I go to shore in the dinghy to do some sight seeing. I
don't give a hoot if you have to listen to it. If it bothers you then
try going to shore too.


These and other such reasons all come down to one very clear point - You
are a self-centered, rude, obnoxious jerk.

Wilbur Hubbard



I don't know if you are addressing me. All I wanted to know was if
anybody had any knowledge or experience with the safety aspects of
running a small, self-contained, Honda EU-2000i portable generator in the
cockpit of a boat.

I assume you don't have any knowledge or experience.

Thanks, anyway.

Eisboch

I'm not addressing you specifically but because you're even considering
running a portable generator you probably embody one or more of the above
selfish attributes. Either that or you just never gave it much thought.
You saw some other asshole doing it and you thought to yourself -"Hmmm,
maybe I should do that too." Well, DON'T! Not everybody these days is
deaf. Not everybody has ruined their ears with loud IPods and loud cell
phones. Portable generators have NO PLACE in an anchorage. Even the ones
people claim run quietly are very noisy. They are just so inconsiderate.
If you can't live without shore power on your boat then either stay home
or invest in a proper, water cooled and water muffled built-in generator
that exhausts at the waterline and makes no more noise than water lapping
on the hull. And if you run one of those be sure to anchor downwind of
everybody so the exhaust doesn't ruin the very clean air they've got a
right to breathe.

Wilbur Hubbard



I understand what you are saying. I have a question. Do you have any idea
of where the anchorage is that I am referring to?

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...
You make a statement when you run a portable generator in an anchorage.
As a matter of fact you make at least half a dozen statements:


1) My 120 volt frivolities are more important than your peace and
quiet.

2) My unnecessary noise-making is more important than your enjoying the
ambience of an anchorage where you and many others go to get away from
it all.

3) I'm not capable of enjoying life without being plugged into the grid
so I take the grid with me and make noise and pollute. If you don't
like it then go to hell. You can always move. Just because I anchored
half a boat length upwind of you doesn't give you any right to
complain. I'll damned well anchor and make noise anywhere I want!

4) I must be the center of attention. That's why when all the boats in
the anchorage are enjoying the peace and quiet I delight in making
noise for an hour or two or more at a time (even late at night) so I
can watch television or my wife can blow dry her hair. Nobody else
matters but me and mine! My desires outweigh those of the many.

5) If I'm not running the generator then my dog's constant barking
annoys me so I run the generator to drown out the noise of the barking.
And, when I'm not running my portable generator I've got my noisy wind
generator providing the racket. Never mind everybody else must listen
to all three! Other people don't matter to me.

6) The noise of my portable doesn't generally bother me and if it does
I just run it while I go to shore in the dinghy to do some sight
seeing. I don't give a hoot if you have to listen to it. If it bothers
you then try going to shore too.


These and other such reasons all come down to one very clear point -
You are a self-centered, rude, obnoxious jerk.

Wilbur Hubbard



I don't know if you are addressing me. All I wanted to know was if
anybody had any knowledge or experience with the safety aspects of
running a small, self-contained, Honda EU-2000i portable generator in
the cockpit of a boat.

I assume you don't have any knowledge or experience.

Thanks, anyway.

Eisboch

I'm not addressing you specifically but because you're even considering
running a portable generator you probably embody one or more of the above
selfish attributes. Either that or you just never gave it much thought.
You saw some other asshole doing it and you thought to yourself -"Hmmm,
maybe I should do that too." Well, DON'T! Not everybody these days is
deaf. Not everybody has ruined their ears with loud IPods and loud cell
phones. Portable generators have NO PLACE in an anchorage. Even the ones
people claim run quietly are very noisy. They are just so inconsiderate.
If you can't live without shore power on your boat then either stay home
or invest in a proper, water cooled and water muffled built-in generator
that exhausts at the waterline and makes no more noise than water lapping
on the hull. And if you run one of those be sure to anchor downwind of
everybody so the exhaust doesn't ruin the very clean air they've got a
right to breathe.

Wilbur Hubbard



I understand what you are saying. I have a question. Do you have any
idea of where the anchorage is that I am referring to?

Eisboch


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.

This trend towards constant unnecessary noise and air pollution in
anchorages the so-called civilized world needs to be reversed. People need
to speak out and take action. For example, a couple of years ago some
powerboat asshole anchored two boatlengths directly upwind of where I was
anchored for the night. There was lots of room and plenty more than that
downwind of me where he could have anchored half a mile away. But, noooo!
The jerk drops anchor right on top of me and then, right about sunset he
lugs a portable generator and a very loud one at that, sets it up on the
afterdeck and plugs in an extension cord. I could see a large screen
television go on in the main saloon and he had all the doors and windows
closed up tight indicating air conditioning (it was a hot evening).

I rowed over immediately and told him (I did not ask) to either move or shut
off the noise. He got real cranky and started yelling that he was sick of
people telling him what to do so I said again either move or shut the damned
thing off or I was going to come aboard and toss it into the drink. He was
old and fat and wouldn't have been able to stop me and he knew it.

He turned it off and then left about ten minutes later. Good riddance! This
is what it's come to in many anchorages due to rude, obnoxious selfish
people and I'm just not going to take it anymore.

Wilbur Hubbard

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...


I rowed over immediately and told him (I did not ask) to either move or
shut off the noise. He got real cranky and started yelling that he was
sick of people telling him what to do so I said again either move or shut
the damned thing off or I was going to come aboard and toss it into the
drink. He was old and fat and wouldn't have been able to stop me and he
knew it.



Thanks for the goodnight chuckle.


You may have considered yourself "uncommonly handsome" in a past life, but
an imposing physical threat to anyone, you're not.

Eisboch

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:20:32 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

For example, a couple of years ago some
powerboat asshole anchored two boatlengths directly upwind of where I was
anchored for the night. There was lots of room and plenty more than that
downwind of me where he could have anchored half a mile away. But, noooo!
The jerk drops anchor right on top of me and then,

I'm thinking that with a Mac 26M I could settle in for the night in a
foot or two of water, avoiding all that kind of crap.
What do you think?

--Vic

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

"Eisboch" wrote in news:q_SdncMlXNvBVo7VnZ2dnUVZ_v-
:

I assume you don't have any knowledge or experience.


The best response with this asshole is no response at all.

Please don't feed the troll.....

Wilbur,

Not to worry, I'll have the stereo caranking so loud that you won't be
disturbed by the generator.

Dave M.