Anti-social boating

[c_j]

Has anyone else noticed the more anti social side to this hobby?

Not one Bar-b-que did we hold in the garden this year and any invitation to go anywhere is only accepted depending on the weather.

Now of course people get fed up with this and I have noticed that people now say "would you like to come to our place on Saturday, only if the weather is awful of course otherwise we fully understand that you will be on the boat!"

Have others social life altered significantly since joining the boating fraternity and are there any self imposed rules that you follow to avoid loosing all your OLD friends?

CJ

 

[longjohnsilver]

Don't have any old friends, only new or not so new boaty friends cos whether it's sunny or not I'm always down at the boat. Only bbqs we go to are on the beach or pontoon. Family realise now that cos summer is so short, maybe only a few good weeks if lucky, it's important for me to make use of boat otherwise I have a tendency to get a little grumpy!

 

[Scubadoo]

Yep have the same problem, usually the wife tell's me she has arranged for us to meet some friends on a Sat - I just pray it's bad weather so I don't feel grumpy all day, but usually it ends up being the most sunny day with no wind.

I do my best to always invite my friends down to the boat, and visit them in winter (I feel better then).

RM.

 

[markc]

All friends have now learnt that they are more than welcome to visit the boat....I'm not moving!!!! I try to make up by catching up with them during the week when not on the boat.

I get the most grief from family, but they're get the message now. After time they will all come to accept it!

On the rare occasion that I am forced to do something at the weekend it will be sunny & hot and I'll be a moody git.....maybe that's why the invitations dry up!!

Mark 'no boat, no friend of mine' C

 

[azzurro]

Same story here, why do family/friends (if any left) insist on holding weddings/christenings/engagements/birthday bashes in summer and at weekends. I keep telling them to get a boat and get a life.

 

[duncan]

I'm with you on this.......

 

[byron]

I don't know anyone outside of boating, are there such people?
As regards attending any sort of functions outside of boating. My family know full well not to die, have birthdays, get wed, have babies indeed do anything during the boating season.
My son even arranged for my first grandchild to be born a few days ago so's not to interfere with boating.

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[ChrisP]

Congratulations, GRANDAD.

 

[Guest]

dont come to the wash it\'s a wash out

You would not beleive what they are like around here !!
You cant even get a nod out of em
There's a place called Surfleet seas end ,where there are about 40 moorings but you would think an out sider had the plague .I moved up here from London where I had a narrow boat ,people on the Grand union were always helpful and never scowled at you .On the Thames the same so it's realy quite unnerving to find such ignorance .
I lost one boat here due to vandles they broke onto the moorings cut the lines it swung on the anchor chain then stuck under the next mooring , the tide did the
rest .There must have been at least a few boats that went past before that happened but nothing no assistance or even a phone call to the E / agency
They have a boat assosiation but you'd have more chance of getting into a FreeMasons meeting !!
Further round the coast every thing gets back to normal
MAYBE IT'S SOME THING IN THE WATER!!
The pub right next to the moorings lost all it's custom when a new land lord took over ,he couldnt beleive it and said he had never known boaters do that !!
So yes I can say it's here in Lincolnshire

 

[longjohnsilver]

Just hold on a minute grandad, the weather last weekend and earlier this week was better than almost anytime during the summer, so this birthing arrangement does not appear to be that well arranged!
Congratulations!

 

[paulineb]

Well done Grandad

Typical man Byron, just the bare news and no details. Boy or girl? Name? Weight? hair or not? and I await to see a photo of baby on your profile Pxx

Pauline B

 

[paulineb]

Can't remember what we used to do at weekends before boating. All our friends know they are more than welcome to come and stay on the boat. We always seem to have a full boat each weekend and enjoy long hours of apres cruising drunken debauchery. I have a very daunting task on my hands though - on Saturday 8 December it's my parents' Golden Wedding Anniversary and Mr B is leading a family revolt, aided and abetted by the kids. They don't want to go. I told them if they didn't go, I was going to cancel Christmas. They said "yeah! fantastic! now we can go to the boat for Christmas!" I'm working on Plan B.

Pauline B

 

[byron]

Re: Well done Grandad

The scan said it was a girl but it was a 7lb 4oz boy when it was born. Hopefully I will have him entered in the Children's events at Ramsgate Week when he's seven. His boat handling training starts as soon as he's on solid food. This is more or less how his dad started and me too for that matter.

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[byron]

Hah! you trying going to bed with a Grandma

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[BarryD]

Re: Well done Grandad

Congrats to your family Byron.

My Dad sayes the best thing about being a granddad is spoling short person rotton, and then being able to give him back. Short person is now almost 3 and will be spending a week at a time with the old man next year, that should wipe the smile of both their faces.

Barry D.

 

[stewart]

quite the opposite

Since getting the boat and keeping it in the Med I've been heading down every other weekend, and since July haven't been down with the same people twice (I'm assured that this isn't because they don't want to come back, just giving everyone the chance).

Don't have to worry about the weather on the weekends I miss 'cos it's going to be good the weekend after too. And don't feel bad about spending every other weekend with friends at home either. Works perfect!

 

[Guest]

Re: social sharks

where do you keep it to go every other weekend? You must live withing easy reach of an airport. Or praps have a plane? Anyway, did you win your shark bet? Do tell

 

[stewart]

Re: social sharks

It's kept in Alcudia, Mallorca and as I'm 15 minutes from Luton airport I can do door to door in 4 1/2 hours (and as it 3 1/2 to 4 hours to Poole the choice was easy).

Never resolved the shark question conclusively and didn't push it because I think I was wrong!

 

[c_j]

just want to see the gif

Nothing more to add, just want to see if the animated gif works.
Balvenie Bottle if you can recognise where it is

CJ
chris@stone.uk.com

 

[Guest]

Re: not wrong

that list again of sharks, together with the date of first sighting is as below:


Checklist of Sharks: Mediterranean Sea

Compiler: Ian K. Fergusson
List Date: 03.00
Adapted and updated from:
Fergusson, I.K. 1994. An Annotated Checklist of Sharks Frequenting the Mediterranean Sea. pp. 49-51. In: Proceedings of the 2nd European Shark & Ray Workshop, British Museum (Natural History), 1994. (R.C. Earll & S.L. Fowler, ed.) Joint Nature Conservancy Council (JNCC), Peterborough. 83pp.



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INDEX
Order Hexanchiformes
Order Squaliformes (NB: as revised by Shirai)
Order Squatiniformes
Order Lamniformes
Order Carcharhiniformes

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Order HEXANCHIFORMES Compagno, 1973:- Cowsharks

Family HEXANCHIDAE Gray, 1851: Six-gill and seven-gill sharks

01. Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788). Sharpnose seven-gill shark.
02. Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788). Bluntnose six-gill shark.
03. Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller 1969 (=H. nakamurai, Teng) Sharpnose sixgill shark.

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Order SQUALIFORMES Shirai, 1996:- Dogfish sharks

Family ECHINORHINIDAE Gill, 1862: Bramble sharks

04. Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre, 1788). Bramble shark.

Family CENTROPHORIDAE Shirai, 1996: Gulper sharks

05. Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Gulper shark.
06. Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque, 1810). Little gulper shark.

Family DALATIINAE Shirai, 1996: Kitefin sharks

08. Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1810). Kitefin shark.
09. Isistius brasiliensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824). Cookiecutter shark.

Family ETMOPTERINAE Shirai, 1996: Lantern sharks

10. Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758). Velvet-belly.

Family SOMNIOSIDAE Shirai, 1996: Sleeper sharks

11. Somniosus rostratus (Risso, 1826). Little sleeper shark.
12. Centroscymnus coelopis (Bocage & Capello, 1864). Portuguese dogfish.

Family SQUALIDAE Blainville, 1816: Dogfish sharks

13. Squalus acanthias (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912). Piked dogfish.
14. Squalus blainvillei (Risso, 1826). Longnose spurdog.


Family OXYNOTIDAE Gill, 1872: Roughsharks

15. Oxynotus centrina (Linnaeus, 1758) Angular roughshark.



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Order SQUATINIFORMES, Angelsharks

Family SQUATINIDAE Bonaparte, 1838: Angelsharks

16. Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758). Angelshark.
17. Squatina aculeata (Dumeril, 1829). Sawback angelshark.
18. Squatina oculata (Bonaparte, 1840). Smoothback angelshark.



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Order LAMNIFORMES Compagno, 1973:- Mackerel sharks

Family ODONTASPIDIDAE Müller & Henle, 1839: Sandtiger sharks

19. Carcharias taurus (Rafinesque, 1810). Sandtiger or grey nurse shark.
20. Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810). Smalltooth sandtiger.

Family CETORHINIDAE Gill, 1862: Basking Sharks

21. Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765). Basking shark.

Family LAMNIDAE Müller & Henle, 1838: White, Mako and Mackerel sharks

22. Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758). Great white shark
23. Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810. Shortfin mako
24. Isurus paucus Guitart-Manday, 1966. Longfin mako.
25. Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788). Porbeagle.

Family ALOPIIDAE Bonaparte, 1838: Thresher sharks

26. Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) Thresher shark.
27. Alopias superciliosus (Lowe, 1839) Bigeye thresher shark.



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Order CARCHARHINIFORMES Compagno, 1973:- Ground sharks

Family SCYLIORHINIDAE Gill, 1862: Catsharks

28. Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810. Blackmouth catshark.
29. Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758). Smallspotted catshark.
30. Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758). Nursehound.

Family HEMIGALEIDAE Hasse, 1879: Weasel sharks

31. Paragaleus pectoralis (Garman, 1906) Atlantic weasel shark. (? possible)

Family LEPTOCHARIIDAE Gray, 1851: Barbeled houndsharks

32. Leptocharias smithii (Müller & Henle, 1839) Barbeled houndshark. (? doubtful)

Family TRIAKIDAE Gray, 1851: Houndsharks

33. Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Schoolshark or tope.
34. Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821. Starry smoothhound.
35. Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758) Smoothhound
36. Mustelus punctulatus (Risso, 1826). Blackspot smoothhound.

Family CARCHARHINIDAE Jordan & Evermann, 1896: Requiem sharks

37. Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839). Spinner shark.
38. Carcharhinus falciformis (Bibron, 1839). Silky shark.
39. Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870). Copper shark.
40. Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839). Blacktip shark.
41. Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).Blacktip reef shark.
42. Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818). Dusky shark.
43. Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950). Bignose shark.
44. Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827). Sandbar shark.
45. Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758). Blue shark.
46. Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837). Milk shark

Family SPHYRNIDAE Gill, 1872: Hammerhead sharks

47. Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834). Scalloped hammerhead.
48. Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758). Smooth hammerhead.
49. Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837). Great hammerhead.