{"id":60755,"date":"2023-08-21T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/?p=60755"},"modified":"2023-08-21T12:18:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:18:48","slug":"tell-tales-now-hear-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/yachts\/tell-tales-now-hear-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Always Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n “I heard a commotion and spotted my new neighbor attempting to lasso his dock from his new 40-foot convertible.”<\/span>\n Steve Haefele<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n\n

My pal Hal has a new neighbor. A lot of us here in South Florida do. People have filtered down to the bottom of the sock for years, but this year, it\u2019s been a bumper crop. These shorebound newcomers are easy to spot. They brave the roadways in golf carts, providing blurry targets for those who came before them. Some, like Hal\u2019s new neighbor, take to the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This particular fellow washed ashore from a dried-up state in the Southwest. His new waterfront palace next door to Hal came with a dock, so a boat seemed to be a logical accessory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location is everything; he was fortunate to meet Hal across the fence and mention his interest in the water. Hal is a veteran of the marine industry and has owned at least 50 boats. \u201cCoyle, I\u2019m trying to help the guy, but he just won\u2019t listen,\u201d Hal grumbled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few years back, I had the same experience with a new neighbor who had emigrated from a home on the range. We exchanged names across the fence. \u201cYou\u2019re Jay Coyle, Yachting magazine. I\u2019ve followed you for years,\u201d he gushed before explaining he\u2019d always dreamed of parking a fishing boat behind a house in Florida. He had the house, and now all he needed was the boat. I recall recommending that he start off small with a 25-foot center-console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A month later, I heard a commotion in the backyard and spotted my new neighbor attempting to lasso his dock from his new 40-foot convertible. My recommendation had been simple math. The more length overall, the less time it takes for a new recruit to realize the pastime is draining his wallet. A center-console would\u2019ve been the perfect gateway drug, but my neighbor ignored me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read More from Jay Coyle:<\/strong> Tell Tales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m used to it. As a boat designer, I discovered that successful folks who accumulate enough coin to take to the water typically aren\u2019t great listeners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developers, for example, often treat designers like subcontractors: You\u2019re simply executing a task they\u2019d do themselves if they weren\u2019t so busy noodling with cost-saving workarounds. Executive types have new ideas that a designer could never imagine, and they can be impatient in terms of enthusiastic responses and results. Doctors and pilots are often the least likely to listen. This seems understandable, given that the risk of boat design pales in comparison to removing organs or keeping hundreds of people aloft. Lawyers, no offense\u2014my defense was to avoid them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My pal Hal tells me he\u2019s had the same experience. He claims that social media has made the situation worse: \u201cClients come to me with their minds made up based on the advice of self-appointed internet experts who have no idea what they\u2019re talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My neighbor got the hang of boathandling and baiting hooks, but he unfortunately made the mistake of calculating the cost of a mahi-mahi dinner and sold the boat. A few hurricanes later, he moved inland to skipper a golf cart and dodge tornadoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His replacement has yet to seek my advice. If he does, I think I\u2019ll just give him this column.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good advice can be helpful, if you actually listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":60756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Jay Coyle","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"163","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"From self-proclaimed internet experts and new boaters to experienced seamen, heeding the advice of those in the know is always a good idea.","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"","arc_website_url":"","custom_permalink":"","arc_subtype":"","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":true,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","sponsored_url":"","social_share":true,"ad_targeting":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true},"categories":[163],"tags":[2126,569,164],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}