the lake we always go to has 2 side by side launches and the parking lot is 5-10 minute walk away
today was different because 1 of the launches had a dredger parked there...
typically to dock and load your boat you wait in line, tie up your boat when its your turn and walk to get your truck.
today i ran into a situation where i waited 15 mins and then it was my turn to dock my boat....i get it tied up and someone else is backing his empty trailer into the lake....its for a boat thats coming in..in the distance(i assume they called him w/ cell phone)......i told him we were there first and he needs to back up his trailer...he said since we only have 1 launch that he needs to be efficient and get his boat out...we shouted back and forth for 30 seconds and i partially backed down...he asked me to get my boat off the dock...i refused...i un-tied it and pushed it back to the edge of the pier...giving him room for his boat...his wife was driving the boat and was in full PMS mode too...shouting at me....i ignored her...they had an large inflatable towing behind their boat and it caused them to take extra time to load...i thought it was ironic that they worried about time when they took twice as long to load the boat because of the inflatable...
ok they are now loaded, so i leave my wife with the boat.....then i look....2 more empty trailors and 1 full one now in line....no one was dropped off at the launch, so i assume the other 2 cell phone'd someone to pick them up too....now when i was first to dock im really 5th in line...WTF
while i walked back to get my trailer i calmed down and thought about the situation....and realized everyone cant just sit there while i walk to my boat, but at the same time why should i sit for 45 mins for 4 people to load/unload their boats when my boat was at the dock first....its a grey area to me.....your all going to tell me i should sit and not dock and that i was wrong??? the truth is i dont know...this is my 2nd year boating and i dont know
when i arrived at the dock with my trailer they let me ahead of them to get my boat off the dock.....should i have got my boat off the dock and waited in line? was i at least partially right? (i got so angry over this stupid thing....i didnt know i had that much testosterone left in me...im just glad it didnt turn into a fist fight...if he would have come at me i wouldnt have hesitated)
today was different because 1 of the launches had a dredger parked there...
typically to dock and load your boat you wait in line, tie up your boat when its your turn and walk to get your truck.
today i ran into a situation where i waited 15 mins and then it was my turn to dock my boat....i get it tied up and someone else is backing his empty trailer into the lake....its for a boat thats coming in..in the distance(i assume they called him w/ cell phone)......i told him we were there first and he needs to back up his trailer...he said since we only have 1 launch that he needs to be efficient and get his boat out...we shouted back and forth for 30 seconds and i partially backed down...he asked me to get my boat off the dock...i refused...i un-tied it and pushed it back to the edge of the pier...giving him room for his boat...his wife was driving the boat and was in full PMS mode too...shouting at me....i ignored her...they had an large inflatable towing behind their boat and it caused them to take extra time to load...i thought it was ironic that they worried about time when they took twice as long to load the boat because of the inflatable...
ok they are now loaded, so i leave my wife with the boat.....then i look....2 more empty trailors and 1 full one now in line....no one was dropped off at the launch, so i assume the other 2 cell phone'd someone to pick them up too....now when i was first to dock im really 5th in line...WTF
while i walked back to get my trailer i calmed down and thought about the situation....and realized everyone cant just sit there while i walk to my boat, but at the same time why should i sit for 45 mins for 4 people to load/unload their boats when my boat was at the dock first....its a grey area to me.....your all going to tell me i should sit and not dock and that i was wrong??? the truth is i dont know...this is my 2nd year boating and i dont know
when i arrived at the dock with my trailer they let me ahead of them to get my boat off the dock.....should i have got my boat off the dock and waited in line? was i at least partially right? (i got so angry over this stupid thing....i didnt know i had that much testosterone left in me...im just glad it didnt turn into a fist fight...if he would have come at me i wouldnt have hesitated)
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