In anchorages, there's this social phenomenon that I haven't given a name to just yet, but it goes like this:
Anchorages are usually quiet places, in which any sound will be noticed by anyone sharing that echoing space. So, if you start your engine, all eyes will be on you. So people tend to be quiet, use their oars to get around.
But you need just one vessel obnoxious enough to use their engine, to raise the volume enough that a second vessel will start their generator, and a third, ..
Soon enough, someone is using a belt sander.
You sit there like, how the fuck did that happen. And then you walk it back, these guys started their outboat, then it gave the signal to this one to start their gas generator, and so here we are.