All I can say is how dare you anchor in his water like that. I mean come on he paid a lot of money for that water and he shouldn't have to deal with people using it for things like boating. I would be willing to bet that you are breathing some of his air too.
I think the right thing to do is return his water to him. Do you know anyone with a fire boat so you can pump all of his water into his yard for him? You probably should have explained to him that he had polluted more by bringing his stinkpot out there that night then you have all year. Vern s/v Nirvelli -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norm of Bandersnatch Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 4:47 PM To: A LiveAboardList Subject: [Liveaboard] Suspicions: CONFIRMED Ahoy All, Several evenings ago a forty-something foot SeaRay pulled up about 50 yards away and dropped the hook. We get very few boats anchoring in Julington Creek estuary, and it was about sunset, so I dingied over to invite the people onboard over for cocktails on the poop deck. When I got alongside I shut down my outboard and hung onto a sanction. I told the skipper I was from the boat next door and wished to invite him and his crew over for cocktails. He replied angrily that he knew what boat I was on and would never do such a thing. His voice was dripping with hatred. Seems he was one of my nearest neighbors on the shore, about a two hundred yards to the north of us. When I asked him why he was so angry the first thing he said was that I paid no property taxes. When I asked he told me he paid $25K/year. I responded with "Wow, that's a lot, how much is your house worth?" He told me $1.5 million. He then complained that I was dumping sewerage into the river. I explained that I had a holding tank in which we keep the offending substance until we could pump it out, he said he didn't believe me, that he didn't believe I had a holding tank large enough do what I said. Finally he complained about me not moving once in a while. I was surprised by this one, but he went on and on about that, saying he would just like me move a hundred feet from time to time. I tried to explain that the creek was about the same depth as my boat's draft and that finding a place where I was actually floating was not easy. He just went on about moving once in a while finally telling me the conversation was over. I have decided to try to move the boat this weekend when the moon is full and we should have a high tide. I will have to survey around the boat and find another 8 foot spot, hopefully closer to the dinghy dock. I have also ordered an Air Head to install in the crew head. I will keep the Skipper, but have the Air Head too. I left his boat and went to investigate a sailboat anchored about a mile away. Met an interesting cruising couple of ten years underway on their way to Green Cove Springs marina to do a bottom job. We had a fine chat and the next evening they came over for dinner. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
