How accommodating are you

[beanz2166]

When you take guest out on your boat with your family how accommodating are you with them? Ie they want to leave but you don't do you take them to the dock or force them to stay? What are absolute no nos when guest are on your boat?

 

[glenn property of pam]

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What are absolute no nos when guest are on your boat?

peeing off the back of the boat into the wind

 

[gm280]

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peeing off the back of the boat into the wind

I don't mind anybody peeing off the boat, but I do hate folks peeing on the boat...

 

[UncleWillie]

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If they want to go back to the dock that is OK with me.
But, I am not going to end the day and drive them home if there are still hours to go.
I doesn't really make a big difference in the scope of things, as they will likely not be going out with me again.

 

[Opnine99]

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if you want to go back to the dock before myself or anyone else are done playing for the day then you are paying for some fuel.....if you gotta pee then get in the water to do it. no smoking in the cabin. no one under 21 takes even a sip of an adult beverage on my boat. If I invite you please do not invite several of your friends without my consent. although not required please feel free to kick in some gas money. if you climb up to the sun deck its bare feet only.......I do not like cleaning your scuff marks. pretty simple things

 

[airshot]

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I always inform my guests of the expected time out, if someone is on their first boat trip I will take them back if they get seasick but otherwise you know how long I expected to be out. You pee in the pee can and dispose of it overboard or use the porta-potty. If you want to get drunk, DO NOT throw up on my boat as I will strap a life jacket on you and throw you overboard, have done it a number of times in the past. People who know me understand that I am a man of my word and will do it.
Airshot

 

[jigngrub]

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It's your beer/booze, if the water cops ticket us you pay all fines as I do not drink and operate the boat...ever.

If someone wants to go back to the dock I'll take them without question or hard feelings, I won't hold someone captive on my boat. No charge for fuel, but if you catch me when I'm fueling the boat and want to kick in or pay for, thank you very much... but since you don't have to buy any gas, you get to pay the $5 launch fee.

I never worry too much about messes on the boat and expect it to get trashed as it always does, I would appreciate it if you wouldn't put any fish live or dead on the vinyl seats though.

Don't try to help me launch, retrieve, or clean the boat the boat. I do a better job of those things by myself.

 

[glenn property of pam]

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It's your beer/booze, if the water cops ticket us you pay all fines as I do not drink and operate the boat...ever.

If someone wants to go back to the dock I'll take them without question or hard feelings, I won't hold someone captive on my boat. No charge for fuel, but if you catch me when I'm fueling the boat and want to kick in or pay for, thank you very much... but since you don't have to buy any gas, you get to pay the $5 launch fee.

I never worry too much about messes on the boat and expect it to get trashed as it always does, I would appreciate it if you wouldn't put any fish live or dead on the vinyl seats though.

Don't try to help me launch, retrieve, or clean the boat the boat. I do a better job of those things by myself.

My boat has the same rules as im out to have fun and im constantly spilling things or doing other stuff that a neat freak would flip out about.

 

[Home Cookin']

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isn't this the same as inviting people over for dinner or a party or to hang out at your house? Everyone has different ways of doing things so how can the question be answered?

 

[MarkSee]

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Everyone has different ways of doing things so how can the question be answered?

That's so true right there.

I "set the expectation" ahead of time with the invite on when the estimated time of departure is and the expected time back to the dock. I let them know if that time frame is good but if they need/want to leave much earlier, no problem they just have to drive themselves there.

I let them know to bring their own food and drinks. I do not have issues with alcohol with the folks I invite.
I will not accept money for gas. I tell them it's my pleasure.
I ask them if everyone knows how to swim.
I let them know where life vests are.
I let them know how far/long we may be from a restroom or if we are about to pass one, I ask them if anyone needs to use it.

Mark

 

[crabby captain john]

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Most of the above-- and if you did not wear shoes as described during planning expect to be in bare feet.

 

[chriscraft254]

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First I choose my guests carefully!! lol Not worried about fuel or chipping in on anything as its usually a pleasure to have company and I would have been boating with or without them. I can say, I make sure that atleast one other person on the boat knows how to use the vhf and operate the boat. safety first. All the people know where the safety gear is and how to use it.

Its always byob and all hot women must check in with the captain

 

[Home Cookin']

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one thing to keep in mind is that to boaters, things that are obvious won't occur to non-boaters (and a person who owns a boat is not necessarily a boater). They seem like morons but they simply don't know. So as they say with client relations, "manage their expectations" by (a) giving them lots of info in advance ("0nce we're out we can't come back until 5:00 o'clock" "you may have to pee in a bucket and we won't look") and (b) look for ways to teach them before they screw up.

I have to deal regularly with tides to get to and from an island, so I tell my guests "I can pick you up at 10 or at 2" not "what time are you coming Saturday?" Not giving them choices makes it work better. And NEVER offer for them to call you on the cell when they are ready, or at the dock, or whatever.

 

[ctswf]

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And NEVER offer for them to call you on the cell when they are ready, or at the dock, or whatever.

yep, ive been stuck waiting alone in my boat for people, don't want to sit there, but don't want to drive out, then get the call to come right back in

 

[UncleWillie]

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When you take guest out on your boat ... they want to leave but you don't.
Do you take them to the dock or force them to stay?...

isn't this the same as inviting people over for dinner or a party or to hang out at your house? ...

There is an interesting analogy!
If the people at your dinner party wanted to leave and you would not let them;
Wouldn't that be Like Kidnapping or Wrongful Detention or something?

Wouldn't that be the same on the Boat.
Why would you want to keep some on the boat that did not want to be there?

 

[greenbush future]

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Train a back up driver in case you are unable, I have needed this before, boat drifted away from dock with only her in it.

 

[Dam2009]

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Its always byob and all hot women must check in with the captain

I second that.

 

[steven_p]

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Wouldn't that be the same on the Boat.
Why would you want to keep some on the boat that did not want to be there?

Because, for us, it takes an hour and 10g of fuel to get back to the dock. And then another hour and another 10g of fuel to get back out. Major bummer if you need to head back early. We generally don't have any problems though; we're upfront with our guests about how long we'll be out and we choose said guests carefully.

Otherwise we don't have many rules. Bring booze, that's fine. Have a good time. Bring something to throw on the grill. Just don't wear any shoes or sandals in the cabin, that's about my only rule. Oh, and kids need to wear PFD's while underway.

 

[glenn property of pam]

Re: How accommodating are you

i asked a charter captain to turn the boat around and take us to place we could get a warm coffee and a brandy then we had him chasing dolphins for the last hour. I know thats was not the agreement when me, the wife, the brother and his wife had when we stepped on the boat but we were bloody freezing so it was better to do something else other than fishing. At the end of the trip the captain tryed to refuse the 50% of the charter i owed him due to bad weather but he failed to understand that the hour chasing dolphins when it warmed up was the most fun part of the holiday for my brothers wife. i know its not the same but had we been guest on the boat and the captain had decieded that he was still going out i would be upset at being unhappy and uncomfortable.
Been fishing with the same captain since then and it will be the same captain on the next trip.

 

[H20Rat]

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Pretty much all the above, although my big one is bring your own drinks/snacks! I really don't even care about gas money, as I'd be out on the water with or without you. (If I pull you tubing/skiing a bunch, toss me a bill though, as that runs up my fuel bill!)