ratman

im waiting for clay to chime in on this one, he lost a toe not too long ago

ToTheMax

wow, how freaky is that?

Boomer 880

Time to re-name the boat 'Eileen' Sorry, I couldn't resist.

pm203

A guy at my marina was pulling up to the gas dock too fast and stuck his hand out to slow himself down. His thumb got caught between the rubrail and the dock and got sliced right off.

ratman

bottom line, "never aproach a dock faster than you want to hit it" words to live by.

Stormrider

how about... never use limbs as fenders.

US1 Fountain

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I usually run to the part of the boat that is about to make contact. There are times when those poles are worthless and it calls for a set of hands to catch/push off.

Sea-Dated

Hope the lady has a speedy recovery.

That is wrong.

Funny, but wrong.

Brad Zastrow

My wife and I grew up with 18' outboard boats. She would always use her foot or arm to catch the boat. Well as we moved up to 9000lb boats 35' long I would catch her trying to still use her foot to stop the boat. Old habits are hard to break. I finally had a concerned discussion with her how dangerous that is. It took a few more reminders to have a line in hand and get on the dock to tie up the boat. It is the captains responsiblity to make sure things like this foot accident do not happen.
I had just the opposite happen in Miami once on board a Hatteras yacht. My wife and I were guests aboard the 50' yacht. His wife proceeds to untie the lines and lets the boat float freely while he is warming the diesels. Since we are guests we were asked to sit and enjoy they know what they are doing. I noticed we were drifting into a larger yacht moored next to us. I ran to the stern and pushed as hard as I could againest the other boat to prevent a crunch. That was very, very difficult and I was very aware not to put myself between these two massive tanks. Once again the captain needs to pay attention.

Clay Washington

Yep, I lost a pinky toe because I did not respect the power of a slow moving 10,000 pound boat.

I don't miss the toe, but losing an entire foot would be horrible.