I've got a problem which is obviously not one person, because I have one boat in a slip and another one on a mooring in another city.
When I leave a boat after a day of sailing, I am very particular how I arrange the halyards and sheets. I like to do everything the same way everytime. And no, the halyards as I leave them don't bang in the wind.
However, I notice there seem to be a lot of busybodies out there who cannot resist the opportunity to rearrange things. They will take the halyard for example and wind it around here and there, snag it on the mast light, run it through the jack stays, etc. this kind of thing does not happen by itself no more than shoes lace themselves up.
Last week on the mooring someone moved one of my fenders from the port side and tied it to the front of my bow roller. I am not known to go around ramming boats .. probably someone lost control of their boat and was banging against my bow.
In my opinion these helpful people are dangerous. If I did not check to make sure nothing was tampered with, I might try to raise the mainsail halyard and find its wrapped around the forestay ( it happened once).
What should I do? put up a sign and risk retaliation by some jerk? or am I out of line?
When I leave a boat after a day of sailing, I am very particular how I arrange the halyards and sheets. I like to do everything the same way everytime. And no, the halyards as I leave them don't bang in the wind.
However, I notice there seem to be a lot of busybodies out there who cannot resist the opportunity to rearrange things. They will take the halyard for example and wind it around here and there, snag it on the mast light, run it through the jack stays, etc. this kind of thing does not happen by itself no more than shoes lace themselves up.
Last week on the mooring someone moved one of my fenders from the port side and tied it to the front of my bow roller. I am not known to go around ramming boats .. probably someone lost control of their boat and was banging against my bow.
In my opinion these helpful people are dangerous. If I did not check to make sure nothing was tampered with, I might try to raise the mainsail halyard and find its wrapped around the forestay ( it happened once).
What should I do? put up a sign and risk retaliation by some jerk? or am I out of line?