Bunch of boaters got right on my t'ts the other night

[DAKA]

we went out for a meal in a popular sailing destination but found all the Pubs full to busting.
Eventually decided to try one and forced through to the bar, 2 hour wait for a table however we were welcomed to look in the smokers area for an empty bench, and sure enough we found one so headed back through the crowds for a round of drinks and order food

surprisingly there wasnt a queue at the bar, just a boater arguing the cost of 6 glasses of wine on his drinks bill and could he now buy the bottle being cheaper.

round to the food orders bar and again no queue and off I went back to the smokers bench.

It took a while to force through the crowds and I heard food order 78 called out, (we were 81), thats odd only two orders in front of us in a packed out pub but sure enough our food arrived almost instantaneously and before I had time to down the first pint, thats quicker than a drive through KFC !

As we left I again passed through the crowed pub and noticed the tables full of boaters with reserved plaques were actually devoid of food, there was only a few glasses to be seen( I knew they were boaters as we had seen them get off their boats earlier).
It appeared the boaters had tucked into a pot noodle on board and booked an inside table in the warm to pass the evening away before going back to their boats to get pi sd (loudly)until 0330 , anyone else noticed this going on, I cant see the publicans putting up with that sort of nonsense for long credit crunch or not.

PS
please note this is not a raggie stinker thread, Ian is causing enough ill feeling between the two camps and there is no way I can be sure if they sailed there or motored all the way.

 

[iangrant]

Oi

What....moi.... just saying it as it is!!

"Ian is causing enough ill feeling between the two camps and there is no way I can be sure if they sailed there or motored all the way."

If they had long grubby beards, faded foul weather gear (poss worn at the table), a floppy hat that's passed through an elephant and wellies that would be a clue!!

Ian

 

[Searush]

What....moi.... just saying it as it is!!

"Ian is causing enough ill feeling between the two camps and there is no way I can be sure if they sailed there or motored all the way."

If they had long grubby beards, faded foul weather gear (poss worn at the table), a floppy hat that's passed through an elephant and wellies that would be a clue!!

Ian

Yup, they'd clearly be motorboaters, dirty impoverished slobs they are.

 

[Searush]

More people not following Daka's rules then? Fancy people going to a pub for a drink! Whatever next I wonder?

I think I'll go to a restaurant & not order the £4 bottle of wine that sells for £15 "corked".

 

[colvic987]

If they had long grubby beards, faded foul weather gear (poss worn at the table), a floppy hat that's passed through an elephant and wellies that would be a clue!!

Ian

These must be the ones, and the girls are the sunbathing types also



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi_ser2_Xm4&feature=related

 

[Cymrogwyllt]

My local is plagued by the same (caravaners this time). All tables reserved, no one turns up 'till 9 PM and no eating. Still it's now effectively a no go area for me due to them having the sound system set to stun with what some people call music.

 

[l'escargot]

...It appeared the boaters had tucked into a pot noodle on board...

Now if it had been FB onboard then it could have been raggies, but pot noodle? No way.

...As we left I again passed through the crowed pub and noticed the tables full of boaters with reserved plaques were actually devoid of food, there was only a few glasses to be seen( I knew they were boaters as we had seen them get off their boats earlier)...

There's the give away, they were keeping the table clear so they could dance on it - they must have been stinkies!

 

[doug748]

Pubs in Kingsand and Cawsand (many will know the anchorage) are frequently booked by the second home owning glitterati and visiting sailors.
Last year in the Devonport, overlooking the anchorage, I was almost forced outside to drink my pint. At 8pm the place was empty, but booked. I resisted and planted myself at a "booked" table - there was a distinct atmosphere from behind the bar.
So, if you find yourself in this lovely spot, don't buy a drink till you are assured of a place to sit and quietly drink it.

 

[Warpa]

Pubs in Kingsand and Cawsand (many will know the anchorage) are frequently booked by the second home owning glitterati and visiting sailors.
Last year in the Devonport, overlooking the anchorage, I was almost forced outside to drink my pint. At 8pm the place was empty, but booked. I resisted and planted myself at a "booked" table - there was a distinct atmosphere from behind the bar.
So, if you find yourself in this lovely spot, don't buy a drink till you are assured of a place to sit and quietly drink it.

Money speaks louder than words (or actions) I like to class myself as working class which i am) from an upper class backround /yawn and always the rebel. personally i couldnt mix with these types of people, my money is as good as theirs is my view, whether they are in made to measure armarni or me in my tracky bottoms the money is still the same ( i also put away an awfull lot of beer when im out, so should be the ideal customer)

There must be some friendly establishments out there that are not stuffed to the rafters (which you say they are not) that welcome a boater wanting a meal and a beer If not carry your own on board

 

[Searush]

TBH as a raggie, I prefer to eat & drink on the boat, ideally miles away from any pub or house of any sort. What's the point of getting clobbered up & dinghy-ing ashore to buy things I carry aboard anyway? Then there's the risk of returning in the dark with the possibility of the weather turning nasty. I go sailing to get away from the stuff I can have on land any day.

Nah, busy, noisy, smelly pubs with loud music & loud people do not appeal.

 

[BlueSkyNick]

I cant see the publicans putting up with that sort of nonsense for long credit crunch or not.

I guess the publicans are happy to have drinkers only, rather than no punters at all, especially if they are making a greater profit margin.

 

[Assassin]

I simply walk in and if a table has a reserved notice on, and is not occupied, i remove it, simple as that.

Then again i used to go out just after the Germans and remove all their towels from the sunbeds and take them back into the hotel.

Life can be so much fun at times.

 

[gaspo]

phew!!!!!!!!!!!

Calm Down Dears...... I know what you mean though!! Keep the post going they are all funny
Phil

 

[DAKA]

AS usual the forums collective wisdom sheds light on the subject and I expect the pubs did evolve for drinkers and food came along as an after thought, these boaters were not actively drinking either, it was like a table of students , 3 sharing a lemonade (could even have been tap water).

They could have been hung over from the previous night or perhaps pacing themselves for the late night on the boat drinking diamond white but either way the Publicans are going to suffer with tables full of skin flints forcing paying punters to use the smokers bench.

Ive had a pm that suggests this practice may well be widespread throughout the whole solent .
Yarmouth, Cowes and The folly.

Best to eat on your boat or book, its a shame as part of boating for me is deciding where we go as we leave our marina and head toward the fairway marker, we have been known to broadcast that we are out (radio check on ch16) to find out if any mates reply before we decide where to go.

 

[Tom Price]

this is solent coastguard, solent coatguard:
Please conduct radio checks on channel 67 not 16

 

[colingr]

Ah but he's not calling the coastguard, he's calling his mates.

Time for a group mmsi perchance?

 

[DAKA]

Solent cg this is DAKA heading for Cowes, radio check please.

Any mates will just call me back on 16 and we arrange to meet up, its not rocket science !
What did you think all the radio checks are for ?

 

[colingr]

I take it back Mr Price has it right.

You could, of course put out an all ships warning with your destination so that people can quickly cancel their table reservations and clear off somewhere else

 

[Ubergeekian]

I simply walk in and if a table has a reserved notice on, and is not occupied, i remove it, simple as that.

That's rather antisocial, and not really your business. How would you feel if you had reserved a table for a birthday party (say) and arrived on time only to find that someone else had taken it five minutes before you arrived?

On the other hand there are other antisocial acts, like booking and not turning up, or booking and not making use of the table (as per the OP's experience). And don't start me on the antisocial gits who occupy a table in a crowded self-service place while a couple of them wait in the queue.

 

[l'escargot]

That's rather antisocial, and not really your business. How would you feel if you had reserved a table for a birthday party (say) and arrived on time only to find that someone else had taken it five minutes before you arrived?

On the other hand there are other antisocial acts, like booking and not turning up, or booking and not making use of the table (as per the OP's experience). And don't start me on the antisocial gits who occupy a table in a crowded self-service place while a couple of them wait in the queue.

Quite a few pubs round here put out signs saying "This table is booked at x o'clock, please feel free to use it until that time". My local does it and at the designated time, when the people who have booked have turned up, will politely ask people to vacate the table if they haven't done so already. Seems to work.