I'm always interested to read the debate on here about boaty ball. I had a private ball in Great Harbour which we labeled with an additional buoys that said private. In seas, almost every time we would take guests out we would return to find someone on the ball. I often had to get in the dinghy and go bar to bar while the captain circled the harbour.

I know the frustration of not getting a ball and have also had to annual field calls from people begging for me to find a way to reserve a ball for them for Old Years Night.