what to do when your woken by the boat that came in after you banging against yours and now you have a damaged paint job !

That's what you have insurance for. Just make sure you get the other boats details as the insurance company may want to try and recover costs.

southace said..

stupid said..
what to do when your woken by the boat that came in after you banging against yours and now you have a damaged paint job !

Cooktown crowded?

No tangalooma wrecks in Moreton bay , start of a trip north ,just waiting for a time to jump to Fraser .

Slightly off topic,
Paid commercial Sydney Harbour Mooring, on more than 1 occasional the yacht next to me hits mine. Now hairline compression cracks in Gelcoat, and a few chips out.

I was on the way out to her once when I saw it happening. Generally on ebb/slack tide, low but some wind. Pushed them apart with my tender.

Is commercial mooring operator liable? I called him while it was happening and even took photos and video... his excuse was the mooring chain twisted?? Surely if he knows the boats length, he wouldn't put 2 yacht that could hit each other?

Not by a little, the other yachts beam hit my stern. The other stern was hitting my topside at my cockpit.

problem solved.

woko said..
Harb, that's a hansome sort of fender fetish you got going there

You can never have enough fenders and mounted sideways they can be left on the boat permanently.

I have 2 fenders onboard I always anchor well away from others , fenders are used for docking not for use at anchor!

Harb said..
You can never have enough fenders and mounted sideways they can be left on the boat permanently.

Sometimes a low-freeboard boat can whack you below the horisontal fender line.

shane450 said..
We were at the wrecks at Easter , we seem to have a magnetic boat , we always anchor a good distance away from crowds but are never alone long

Ah, time to try anchoring in a really ordinary spot then later in the day after the blowflies have gathered up anchor and move to your prefered location.