Fighting over a spot in the channel

[Riverfamlee]

Hopefully not a VIN. Thoughts on this one? Who’s right? Technically it doesn’t say boats only but it does say no swimming. Obviously they could have squeezed the boat in pretty easily too. What say you?

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[rivermobster]

I say...

Where is the RDSUX option???

 

[TimeBandit]

Welcome to the new, Inclusive America.

Going to any beach in SoCal is not any better.

The boat imho has the right of way, but would you want to hang out with your new "neighbors" after that??

 

[Riverfamlee]

I say...

Where is the RDSUX option???

My error. Fixed it

 

[Deckin Around]

if you want a beach spot to swim, go to a beach.

but would you want to hang out with your new "neighbors" after that??

This is why I need a fuck-it boat. So I could just run it through those fatties up on the beach and say "fuck-it" as we walk off the bow and over to Papa Leone's Pizza

 

[Crazyhippy]

On the road it is known as the lug nut law... Whoever has the most lug nuts, has right of way!

Could also do right of weight... The boat driver could have flattened the idiots with the flick of his wrist. Kudos to him for not doing so.

But as said elsewhere, would you really want to be beached up next to someone actively trying to not have you there? Sounds like a miserable time to me!

 

[FishSniper]

Hopefully not a VIN. Thoughts on this one? Who’s right? Technically it doesn’t say boats only but it does say no swimming. Obviously they could have squeezed the boat in pretty easily too. What say you?

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Reaffirms why I don’t go into the Channel.

 

[Englewood]

Sometimes I get irritated when I see a mat taking up a prime spot. Then I remind myself that if I wanted that spot I should’ve gotten there sooner. I’m not entitled to anything cause I have a boat.

It’s not worth the fight when I’m trying to enjoy my day. Last thing I want to do is “relax” next to some pissed off sweat-hog (who is being ridiculous).

We had this exact same scenario recently and a couple of girls on our boat wanted to handle it the old fashioned way. I knew sea biscuit on shore was gonna be hurting after so I had to make the mature decision to leave (although it would have been fun to watch).

 

[Roosky01]

Poll should maybe have a “Those with Scariest Tattoos” option?

 

[grumpy88]

I never new the channel was for boats only . Has it always been that way ? I have been boating in Parker to long I guess .

 

[was thatguy]

I miss Shasta.

 

[Havasu blue label]

You want a spot get up early but don’t touch my boat

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Were the ladies of size holding the spot while their drunk yuppie husbands went for a cruise in the boat? Need more info before passing judgment.

 

[Havasu blue label]

the new crowd in havasu

 

[NoOtherWay]

My take:

If you want a spot in the channel on a holiday weekend ( I’m assuming this was last weekend), get there early and get a spot.

I hate conflicts while on vacation. I go to the river to get away from the conflicts.

 

[RIVERBORN]

Commentator is kinda funny. Ugh ugh. No parka a here. I tell ah u.

 

[Brokeboatin221]

Raider nation strikes again

 

[NoOtherWay]

Seems like the Laughlin crowd untied their rafts from the shore and flooded down to Havasu.

 

[crzy2bealive]

My take:

If you want a spot in the channel on a holiday weekend ( I’m assuming this was last weekend), get there early and get a spot.

I hate conflicts while on vacation. I go to the river to get away from the conflicts.

Yup I launched from jacks smith at 7am to get a spot on the channel. We got there so early we were able to move the boat a couple of times to find a group of chicks we wanted to be next to!

 

[Rondog4405]

Fuck them assholes! That's enough space for 2 boats easily they are blocking. I'd spit in that bitches face if she was splashing and shooing my wife away like that! Definitely not true river people... sad..

 

[HBCraig]

First take, there's no holding spots.

Second take is the rather portly chick in the red splashing boat needs to be taught a lesson

 

[Singleton]

People swimming without anything on the beach indicating they were using the spot are in the wrong.
No way I would beach next to that

 

[joecfd1]

Whom ever there first Is entitled to the spot… boat or not!!!

 

[Bobby V]

Whom ever there first Is entitled to the spot… boat or not!!!

Looked like there was plenty of room for the boat and the raft.

 

[Havasu blue label]

I agree the have a float it’s there spot

 

[Mototrig]

This is why I boat the weekend BEFORE big holiday weekends..... And the other boaters we eventually come across are extremely happy sharing a beach, conversation and a beer with.

 

[BUDMAN]

Would you really want to still beach there after all that? If those people are willing to go through all the BS to keep you from beaching, what will they do after you beached?

 

[C_J_J_C]

Absolutely not worth the fight but the city ordinance says no swimming in the channel so boat is 100% right.

 

[RiverDave]

Those people are just taking a shit ton of room for the sake of taking a shit ton of room.. there’s no reason for it other to be assholes..

That said I wouldn’t park next to them if there was gonna be an issue.. let alone come back multiple times.

RD

 

[grumpy88]

Absolutely not worth the fight but the city ordinance says no swimming in the channel so boat is 100% right.

So I guess anybody in the water in the channel are subject to a fine ?

 

[Xstream]

There is enough room for the boat and the raft. If they were holding the open parking space for their friend who just left Tuff move your meat loose your seat. Those people don't own the beach.

 

[02HoWaRd26]

Welcome to the new, Inclusive America.

Going to any beach in SoCal is not any better.

The boat imho has the right of way, but would you want to hang out with your new "neighbors" after that??

That’s my exact thought, the boat has the right away. But at that point why, next thing you know your shit gets rocked scratched or some other bullshit.

 

[Motoxxxloak]

People did this all weekend and I drove right up into their spot. There ain’t no reserving or saving spots. Every time someone said something, I said show me the slip that shows you paid for this spot…..crickets

 

[floatn turd]

That's when a jet bote comes in handy.

 

[azsunfun]

Mooring ties every 12' for a reason.

 

[Todd Mohr]

I came through the channel at about 3pm on Saturday, super busy and tons of traffic. I got a spot, I alway point to the open spot, if I get a thumbs up I pull in. I would never try to pull in next to those peeps. I’ve worked hard my whole life to never have to deal with that kind of BS. The peeps that let me in got their spot a 3am, locals just watching the show.
That situation got started when they shut the channel down for Covid, Havasu PD needs to clean up the mess, the channel is for boats, not ez ups. JMHO

 

[PRIMO]

the new crowd in havasu

909……

 

[Bobby V]

So I guess anybody in the water in the channel are subject to a fine ?

No swimming in the middle of the channel or trying to cross from one side to the other. Floating behind the boat a certain distance is ok.

 

[monkeyswrench]

I travel 200 miles. I pay to keep toys and a home there. I sure as hell am not going to go to crowded areas to hang out.

 

[Mcintyrelocal]

I don't understand someone thinking they can save an open spot. If you get there early enough does that mean you can save 100 feet of beach? If a boat pulls out then they lose that spot.. If people are trying to take up a spot for swimming or Lily Pads without a boat then there is a ton of beach reserved for that, that boats aren't permitted to moor at. As stated above, there are tie ups every 12' for boats.

 

[77charger]

It’s a public spot not just for boaters first come first served whether it’s an ez up and chairs with people or a boat there. And imo if your in a boat and leave lose your spot this ain’t third grade where tap tap counts.

 

[Socalx09]

Im about to feel old now. Getting up at 4am on a holiday weekend to launch out of Windsor in time to get a spot in the channel was fun. My dad would make breakfast and I’d just relax watching all the boats creep in. His friends were always “late” 6:45am ish and I would get nervous when it filled up because I didn’t want the confrontation of saying our friends boat is on its way. (It really was) My dad would just put two chairs next to his boat and hope no one took the spot. His friends would show up just in time to get the spot. I have seen a lot of arguments over the years over getting spots in the channel. If someone says no, I definitely wouldn’t want to be their neighbors.

Last fathers day, my friends had a spot in the channel. We were doing other things and didn’t get to the channel until 1pm. They noticed there was room for a boat if two boats moved a little over. Before we got there, they made friends with the boat owners and offered beer/trulys to move the boats. It worked.

 

[clark]

Welcome to the new, Inclusive America.

Going to any beach in SoCal is not any better.

The boat imho has the right of way, but would you want to hang out with your new "neighbors" after that??

fuck NO

 

[Backlash]

You can have Havascrew. I'll stay down in Parker.

 

[rrrr]

What do the cops do in a situation like this? I could tell from her gesticulating the fat bitch was telling the cop "But we were here first."

 

[Taboma]

I miss Shasta.
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Holy Mother of All Boating Sins --- The Rocks, look at those rocks

 

[was thatguy]

Holy Mother of All Boating Sins --- The Rocks, look at those rocks

Meh, they aren’t so bad. My boat isn’t a beauty queen.
But back then I’d just throw it on my home made jigs and reglass it if I felt it needed it.

My last Sanger flattie project.

 

[2FORCEFULL]

this is a police/ city issue....and a pretty easy one if clarified... maybe a sign, one boat per morring spot... beach area is reserved for boat morring, no blocking ...the whole easy up and groups taking multible boat parking spots , vs hey I got a boat and I want to park it here just isn't clarified as to what the actual intended use is... IMO... it's a boat spot.... so no boat, move... when you make rules.... you have to go by them... not just look the other way...no where but havasu do they allow propped boats to mingle with swimmers in a morring area.... thats why it says "NO SWIMMING" there.... kinda like a marina.... IMO if you don't have a boat, you should have to stay on the top part of the sea wall... and no easy ups, tables rafts and such down in the water... it's the same as if people went to windsor and used the docks there for private swiming area and brought BB/Q 's and such. put rafts in boat areas....


props and people don't mix well... one or the other, even at mead.... they have a section, swimmers only.....NO boats...

maybe they should make those that don't have a boat move out to the thompson bay beach????

 

[Dan Lorenze]

They have their spot, but wanted two. That's not gonna happen. Can't just reserve as many spots as you like. They act like they have every right but they don't. lol

 

[2FORCEFULL]

It’s a public spot not just for boaters first come first served whether it’s an ez up and chairs with people or a boat there. And imo if your in a boat and leave lose your spot this ain’t third grade where tap tap counts.

not saying you're wrong, but... the intended use was for boaters to park, with the idea that they would get out of thier boats and go shopping, it's a boat parking lot that turned into tail gate parties... what if you went to wal mart and the homeless / or day campers filled the lot and you had no where to park????? wal mart used to let rv's park over night in their lots,... I seen the end comming when people moved into hunington beach wal mart and wouldn't leave...lol.. roll out grass and put up tables...