I've got a question for you all.
Last night after getting back to the marina, I noticed a large fender floating by my slip. I walked down the dock and noticed that it must have broken off of a neighbors boat. I grabbed my boat hook and fished the fender out and brought it back to the neighbors boat and tied it back on for him.
While I was doing this, the Admiral commented on how tight the neighbors dock lines were and that that might explain the fender getting trapped between the hull and dock and breaking the line. She asked if we should adjust the lines for the neighbor, but I said no - that reattaching the fender was a neighborly thing to do, but adjusting dock lines when the boat was not in immediate danger was crossing the line.
What do you think? Should I have adjusted the lines, or left them alone? I called the marina office this morning to let them know about it, and hopefully they will call the boat owner.
I am also thinking about printing up some business-sized boat cards and passing them out to my marina neighbors with contact information, so that if they notice a problem with my boat they will be able to get in touch with me directly. Anybody else doing this?
Last night after getting back to the marina, I noticed a large fender floating by my slip. I walked down the dock and noticed that it must have broken off of a neighbors boat. I grabbed my boat hook and fished the fender out and brought it back to the neighbors boat and tied it back on for him.
While I was doing this, the Admiral commented on how tight the neighbors dock lines were and that that might explain the fender getting trapped between the hull and dock and breaking the line. She asked if we should adjust the lines for the neighbor, but I said no - that reattaching the fender was a neighborly thing to do, but adjusting dock lines when the boat was not in immediate danger was crossing the line.
What do you think? Should I have adjusted the lines, or left them alone? I called the marina office this morning to let them know about it, and hopefully they will call the boat owner.
I am also thinking about printing up some business-sized boat cards and passing them out to my marina neighbors with contact information, so that if they notice a problem with my boat they will be able to get in touch with me directly. Anybody else doing this?