Who's fault would it be!

[merc245]

Heres one,a while ago camping with the nieces and nephews there must of been 30+ boats using 50 yards of beach all coming and going.Had a guy who planted a stake with apx 12 ft of FLOATING line with a float at the end. In the middle of all this. So I'm leaving the beach area pulling 2 tubes with 4 more kids in the boat.I'm getting on plane I look back and see this Idoits line snagged on my ladder.So I come back off plane retrieve the line,pull it on board circle back around and throw the whole thing back to where it was and go about my way!

I'll be honest I didn't know while I was circling around one of the kids un snapped the line from the stake.And I didn't notice when I threw it back.

But I thinking when the dude comes back and hooks to his anchor point he will give it a customary tug to make sure it was still a viable anchor point.I mean after leaving it for hours in those condtions it would be natural thing to do.And of coarse HE DID NOT!

Heres a hint: I use to do the same back in the day. But made sure my float was right above my anchor point and that my line would sink right there, not float in a 24' circle.

So anyway he comes back hooks up goes to his camper and realizes his boat is floating away.Someone must of seen my actions and tells him or he thinks I did it on purpose. So he chases me down wanting to kick my A$$.
Tells me I don't know first thing about boating!

I just pointed out he doesn't own the lake, who uses a freaking 12' floating line in that high traffic area,And to leave and come back hours later and not at least tug on your anchor line once.Then I told to F' off and went on my way.I still get worked up thinking about it!

Any thoughts!

 

[wca_tim]

I would politely apologize once, and if he didn't cool off and get the message without another word, I would look him casually in the eye, tell him to stfu turn my back and go about my business.

 

[dogschool]

My take on the matter: that dudes a dumbazz.

If you tried to explain and he's still huffin and puffin, then
he is unreasonable, and we all know you can't reason
with unreasonable people, so he's a dumbazz in my book!

 

[briannelson2003]

isn't is amazing how many a$$holes have access to boats and water? seems like boating and beer brings out the testosterone intensified rage in some....if he wants to leave his property floating around than he should expect it might not be in same condition as when he left it. can't fix stupid.........I wouldn't think another thing off him.

 

[Old Navy]

My take on the matter: that dudes a dumbazz.

If you tried to explain and he's still huffin and puffin, then
he is unreasonable, and we all know you can't reason
with unreasonable people, so he's a dumbazz in my book!

X2

 

[Mr. Buss]

ITS ALL YOUR FAULT !!!!

i know this because in this day and age, no one is held responible for thier own actions...

its your fault that he left 12' of line in the water in a congetsed area, its your fault his boat almost floated away, and it definaltly would have been your fault if that chit got wound up in your prop..

not that long ago i was on the river, this guy pulls up next to TheNerd's pulse.. barley even beaches it, then walkes away from his boat?? about 10 minutes later, its dam near on nerds boats.. so a few people not with him move it... a few minutes later, there it goes agian right back to the pulse.. cant remember the details but theNerd was petty red in the face,.. so somebody got the owner over there. Then he acted like it was out fault that he does not know how to beach a boat, and we were causing him some inconvenience to keep his boat under control..... what a dummy

 

[illMATTic]

I figure its his fault. He should have checked it out. Also, he should not have left it floating in the way of traffic.

 

[teamhart2]

He's lucky his line was still even there, I had my transom straps snagged out of the back of my truck at a hardly used launch this summer, I wouldnt even consider leaving anything I wanted back in a congested area.

 

[Big Red]

I hate stupid people. What I would have done was pretend I did not see it on my ladder. Get out of site and stink his rope to the bottom of the drink. When I got back to the beach,, and he questioned me about it I would play dumb and offer him one of my ropes. If he excepeted I would go to my boat and act like it was missing and start cursing.

 

[justincase]

Heres one,a while ago camping with the nieces and nephews there must of been 30+ boats using 50 yards of beach all coming and going.Had a guy who planted a stake with apx 12 ft of FLOATING line with a float at the end. In the middle of all this. So I'm leaving the beach area pulling 2 tubes with 4 more kids in the boat.I'm getting on plane I look back and see this Idoits line snagged on my ladder.So I come back off plane retrieve the line,pull it on board circle back around and throw the whole thing back to where it was and go about my way!

I'll be honest I didn't know while I was circling around one of the kids un snapped the line from the stake.And I didn't notice when I threw it back.

But I thinking when the dude comes back and hooks to his anchor point he will give it a customary tug to make sure it was still a viable anchor point.I mean after leaving it for hours in those condtions it would be natural thing to do.And of coarse HE DID NOT!

Heres a hint: I use to do the same back in the day. But made sure my float was right above my anchor point and that my line would sink right there, not float in a 24' circle.

So anyway he comes back hooks up goes to his camper and realizes his boat is floating away.Someone must of seen my actions and tells him or he thinks I did it on purpose. So he chases me down wanting to kick my A$$.
Tells me I don't know first thing about boating!

I just pointed out he doesn't own the lake, who uses a freaking 12' floating line in that high traffic area,And to leave and come back hours later and not at least tug on your anchor line once.Then I told to F' off and went on my way.I still get worked up thinking about it!

Any thoughts!

What an idiot he is, you are a better man than me. i go off on stuff like that and probably would of popped him. I am amazed at what some people do as boaters but especially at the ramp its like a comedy.

 

[merc245]

Thanks Guys, I beleive I'm a nice enough guy and did my best to aviod his set up.But when he approached me saying I purposley did it,all bets were off!

 

[Check This]

Jet ski's -- rent a boat people and those who believe that they have water rights are just some of the nonsense you need to go boating today. It requires a good sense of humor and alot of patience. You acted very responsibly to put it politically correct. It is just the world today, even our small world. The boating world.

You know after reading this I have to put more then my .02 cents in!!
What I find the worst thing is!!!
As a performance boater I like to get up early when the lake is calm (Well sometimes) I like to get out and run it to the limit. Don't we all?? How about the rudest boaters and people on the water in my opinion.

Waker boarders and thier boats!!!
Here I am buzzing along and when you pass these guys and they throw you the bone -- Curse at you!!! Why we create no wake we are gone in seconds. On the other hand they go in circles without reguard. They create wakes that send docks flying up and down and do damage. They make a lake worse then the ocean -- because there circling creates havoc on the water -- yet they feel the morning belongs to them and them only. So I will put thier action with along with the guy you ran into. I would like to say what I really feel about them, but I know that children might read this site and this post.