Charter yachts with megawatt hi-fi

[LONG_KEELER]

Q. What's the definition of "a gentleman"?
A. Someone who knows how to play the accordion, but doesn't.

Q. What's the accordion players' definition of "a gentleman"?
A. Someone who knows the joke but doesn't tell it.

Love it !

I don't think there is much you can do about it.

I would expect in most cases they have no idea that they might be causing a problem. We all do it.

 

[BrianH]

I like my music *a lot*. I don't expect other people to like it.

This surely is the key, understandable even for those who think it acceptable to inflict their music on others in an anchorage. Music is a cultural thing that we grow to appreciate as we mature in a specific society. Western culture has a vast gamut of music genres and not everyone wants to listen to all or any - we specialise in our tastes and an enthusiast of, say, Renaissance madrigals could be driven to distraction by having to listen to continuous heavy metal or rap 'music'.

In my marina two boats from my berth I have a charming Italian who cannot live without constant Julio Iglesias. After many days of listening to the same whining, groaning noises I tactfully asked him to turn down the volume, which he did immediately apologising profusely - he really had no idea that someone else couldn't share his musical appreciation, or, on that unlikely chance, not be able to turn it off at the receptor, that is, in their head ... a particular Italian attribute where extraneous noise is concerned.

To take the point to reductio ad absurdum, to a western ear Arabic or eastern music can sound atonal and monotonous. Imagine a boat from the Levant, or from further east, anchoring next to you and continuously bathing you in what the owner preferred as music but which to you sounded like a persistent dirge. Think about it.

 

[colind3782]

I guess people are free to do whatever they want if they are prepared to accept the consequences of their actions. So, if a tired grumpy recipient of someone else's loud music decides to take a more violent approach to the problem, that is a consequence.

 

[vyv_cox]

Why on earth would anyone with a mental age in double figures want cockpit speakers on while proceeding at sea on a fine sunny day?

I think my mental age is in double figures and my actual age is getting on for three figures! We like nothing better than some good music when sailing on a fine day. It's the definition of 'good' that may be controversial.

 

[lpdsn]

In my marina two boats from my berth I have a charming Italian who cannot live without constant Julio Iglesias.

That's a form of acoustic anti-fouling. His hull is probably cleaner than anyone else's.

 

[mlthomas]

That's a form of acoustic anti-fouling. His hull is probably cleaner than anyone else's.

like

 

[Seajet]

Maybe if he's playing Led Zep', otherwise I like the acoustic homing torpedo better

 

[Otter]

A bit of give and take and live and let live from most people. But one or two demand that no one play music that they have to hear, well they don't get to make the rules for everyone else to obey, so I'm glad that just occasionally they have to up anchor and move a bit, they seem to have got what they want the rest of the time!

 

[jordanbasset]

Unfortunately no option for me to vote for, which would have been 'yes'.
Still remember sailing in open water and having Queen blast out 'I want to break free'. No one else around that could have heard it besides me and my wife, brilliant

 

[Seajet]

A bit of give and take and live and let live from most people. But one or two demand that no one play music that they have to hear, well they don't get to make the rules for everyone else to obey, so I'm glad that just occasionally they have to up anchor and move a bit, they seem to have got what they want the rest of the time!

Right, that's Motorhead and Eurovision booked for alongside you then !

 

[PeteCooper]

I remember a noisy night in Rothesay harbour about 7 or 8 years ago. It was coming from a rather nice motor sailor, can't for the life of me remember the name but there was some terrible singing and guitar playing into the wee small hours.

 

[Billjratt]

Touche (can't find the accent. and re #29), but although those sounds were diabastrical they were acoustic, not mega-broadcast - and were indoors.(or in wheelhouse)
My gripe is the same scenario that concerns people driving past my house with the widows down and their favourite tune at full volume - as if everybody else should really appreciate their choice in music.
My driving 'loud favourites' include Lonnie Donegan and others of that time: Queen and Chris Barber and Clint mountain boys - but I keep the windows up - people are thankful, that's the point I was trying to make.
The HH / molls tag came from a "first impressions count" scenario reinforced by the nocturnal shenanegins - Peeps from 'planet me' who don't think about anyone else, nothing to do with country, colour, creed,etc.

 

[Babylon]

The OP's question was about whether charter boats should have their cockpit sound-systems limited in output.

If you take away the ability of people to amplify an unpleasant noise (even if only a minority of them would be so selfish to actually do so) then you've solved the problem. But I don't see charter companies caring in the least what people do - as long as they pay the money and don't seriously damage the boat.