Why can't people tie dinghies up properly ?

[JPA Cate]

^^^^^^ Oh, dear me! What's wrong with a round turn and two half hitches? So many ways to not tie up a dinghy!

Sigh.

Ann

[Simi 60]

Originally Posted by chris mac

200 would be a quiet day! We were there last winter(pre covid) and were told between 400 and 500 boats.

Why oh why would anyone in their right mind want to cruise areas like that?

[chris mac]

Originally Posted by Simi 60

Why oh why would anyone in their right mind want to cruise areas like that?

I agree, which is why we left the next day to anchorages with 1 or 2 boats

[skipmac]

Originally Posted by JPA Cate

^^^^^^ Oh, dear me! What's wrong with a round turn and two half hitches?

Very good question. I also have to wonder what the lines on the owners boats look like. Do they cleat off their main dock lines, sheets, halyards, or rope anchor rodes the same way.

The photos were on a dinghy dock with plenty of room so spare so all were tied up short. Part of the "logic" if one can call it that, of the multiple wraps was to use up the extra length of the painter.

[fxykty]

Originally Posted by skipmac

Very good question. I also have to wonder what the lines on the owners boats look like. Do they cleat off their main dock lines, sheets, halyards, or rope anchor rodes the same way.



The photos were on a dinghy dock with plenty of room so spare so all were tied up short. Part of the "logic" if one can call it that, of the multiple wraps was to use up the extra length of the painter.

We have some pretty good boat friends. He is an ex racer from way back and she picked up sailing along the way a few decades ago. They’ve owned their own sailing and motor boats for several decades, and now have an 11m Hanse that they’re preparing to go to the islands with. Covid stopped them this past season.

We’ve joined them on their boat, they’ve spent time on our boat including a passage to Tonga, and we’ve buddy boated locally. The only knot either of them can do correctly and reliably is round turn and two half hitches. A bowline requires thought, a relaxed situation, and usually several attempts.

I don’t know how it happens, but there are long term boat owners who don’t know their knots.

[Tin Tin]

Originally Posted by Simi 60

Why oh why would anyone in their right mind want to cruise areas like that?

This is hub port for the Exuma chain, best grocery store for many miles, some fuel(but no fuel dock) and free water. Fuel is best obtained at fishing port at Long Island, a day light sail away. You can move 20 miles in any direction and you will find maybe 4 other yachts in one anchorage (excluding a couple of small marinas or the national parks moorings and Staniel Cay 30 mile NW the tourist hub (swimming pigs etc) ), most times one or two boats for company. There were many times we sailed out from Georgetown with no buddy boats and often we were the only one at anchor. eg Cat Island, Acklins Islands, San Salvador, parts of the Jumentos. We have sailed many places around the world and this part of the Bahamas is spectacular.

[nonav]

Anything takes practice and repetition to master.
Time alone, definitely does not equate to practice.

If so, I’d have played Carnegie Hall numerous times!

[RaymondR]

It's good to have a bit of a rant occasionally but the dingy dock thing is one you just have to take Omar's advice on.

"The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on

and all your piety and wit won't move it back to cancel half a line

nor all your tears wash out a word of it.

[nonav]

Originally Posted by RaymondR

It's good to have a bit of a rant occasionally but the dingy dock thing is one you just have to take Omar's advice on.

"The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on

and all your piety and wit won't move it back to cancel half a line

nor all your tears wash out a word of it.

Well said, or writ, Raymond!

If an untidy dinghy dock were only the worst of woes on the water...

How nice would that be!