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**newhaul** · 10-11-2018, 07:45

The real cure here people is LEARN TO SECURE YOUR DINGY SO IT DOESNT DO WHAT IT SHOULDNT. If your dingy somehow became untied from the dock. I would hate to see how you tie your vessels.

dangerfield55 · 10-11-2018, 08:06

As stated before, I have no problem with using my dingy w/out my permission. I would be more irritated to have to take you in my dingy to track yours down. I see this as included in the golden rule. I am really surprised at how pissy some people are. This has been enlightening. I feel I have been warned.

turtleofdart · 10-11-2018, 08:24

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Originally Posted by boatpoker

No, "we" don't have a problem, the thief has the problem.

See post #31 in this thread

I would borrow a dingy to rescue you too..... whatever you say

atlantical · 10-11-2018, 11:39

I lived in South East Kansas, went to the Ozarks, Branson Missouri, but what I was going to say, where I lived was the same, never locked our door, coudn't even find the key, neighbors used to borrow things, one day we got back and neighbor came to tell us, we had no gas in our barbeque, as he borrowed the bottle, and would get us another, he did, about a week later.

**JPA Cate** · 10-11-2018, 11:49

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Originally Posted by turtleofdart

DO NOT GO INTO THE WATER! do not swim after dingies unless you are sure it is safe.... they can drift in the wind faster than you can swim.... then the tide catches you and you could be dead!.... I would borrow the scruffiest dingy you can find, talk to whoever is around and tell them what you're doing. Make lots of noise! talk to people but act fast. People who own scruffy dingies are less likely to be uptight property minded people.
Anyone who shoots at you is guilty of attempted murder.

The sea brings with it a different perception of property. People who lock their dingies to a fixed point are putting other people's lives at risk. real seamen understand this. Fundamentally every floating thing is for anyone in emergencies.

life is far more important than property and we need to keep that in mind and keep each other safe

Hi, there, turtle of dart,

I have, a couple of times, dove in the water to swim down an errant dinghy, and you're right, you could get in trouble if there's much breeze. However, in both cases, I succeeded in rescuing our dinghy. Nor, would i try it today, because I am not as fit as I was then. But, if it is not too cold, nor too windy, nor too sharky or alligatory, then I think it is a natural and practical response, and not life threatening. There's a lot of fear mongering on the internet, and it makes me feel sad to read people discouraging others when perhaps we should hearten them.

Ann

Jd1 · 10-11-2018, 19:20

On the issue of swimming for an errant dinghy (assuming it is not windy and there is no appreciable current) ...
I think it was last summer, warm and sunny day, I was anchored maybe 150 to 200 feet from a nice inviting beach. I carry the dinghy on deck and it is a bit of a pain to get it hauled over the side and I have been swimming since I was a little tyke so what's a couple hundred feet?

As it turned out, old age is a bitch and I had to roll over a couple of times and rest on my back in order to make the beach. It looked really really close .... but once in the water and half way to the beach it was really really far. It was a good thing that I have always been very comfortable in the water. Someone less comfortable would have panicked and likely drowned.
My point is that it is easy to over-estimate one's ability to swim for an errant dinghy especially when getting on in age.
Come to think of it, most things that I used to do casually and without thinking much about in the past now require lots of effort and way too many rest breaks.

Allied39 · 10-11-2018, 19:34

. The worst that would happen (in the USA) is that you would be riddled with bullet holes...

Jim[/QUOTE]

I really do hope that"s an attempt at humor and not just plain ignorance.

Cadence · 11-11-2018, 11:35

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Originally Posted by Allied39

. The worst that would happen (in the USA) is that you would be riddled with bullet holes...

Jim

I really do hope that"s an attempt at humor and not just plain ignorance.[/QUOTE]

boatpoker · 11-11-2018, 11:42

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Originally Posted by Cadence

I really do hope that"s an attempt at humor and not just plain ignorance.

[/QUOTE]

People have been shot in the US for a lot less.
Jordan Manners

dangerfield55 · 11-11-2018, 11:46

********

dangerfield55 · 11-11-2018, 11:47

It’s plain ignorance. The gun owners I know are not loud mouthed idiots.

Cadence · 11-11-2018, 11:48

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Originally Posted by boatpoker

People have been shot in the US for a lot less.
Jordan Manners[/QUOTE]

Probably not at a dock with tenders tied to it.

boatpoker · 11-11-2018, 11:55

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Originally Posted by Cadence

People have been shot in the US for a lot less.
Jordan Manners

Probably not at a dock with tenders tied to it.[/QUOTE]

Google will reveal hundreds of such incidents that we normal people would consider insane,

Cadence · 11-11-2018, 14:19

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Originally Posted by boatpoker

Probably not at a dock with tenders tied to it.

Google will reveal hundreds of such incidents that we normal people would consider insane,[/QUOTE]
Please Quote me in total other wise it is out of context.