Do you listen to music/radio whilst on the boat?

[symondo]

Can't see how messing about with your motor cycle will help your radio reception.

Im blaming my auto correct.....

 

[ruthsmith]

Absolutely! I'll have the music going whilst going along, not so much when just sitting at anchor tho...I just like to take in the peaceful surroundings. Depends what mood I'm in tbh.
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+1 on that.

 

[jon and michie]

I had radio 2 on whilst working on the boat in the yard however now its back in the water myself and the swmbo have some acoustic chill out tunes on whilst having some pickkies and drinks watching the sundown - who could want more

jon

 

[DavidJ]

The worst is people who play opera loudly on their boats thinking it's somehow projecting good taste.

 

[SnaxMuppet]

Never! I consider it a huge waste to drown out the wonderful sounds of nature when at anchor. Even if I anchor overnight somewhere I will never have music. I just love to sit, watch, listen and quietly read or snooze and if another boat anchors nearby and puts on music then if possible I will move.

Having said that... I have no issue with others listening to music on their boat if that is what they want to do... I just don't want to listen to their music at the same time

 

[rafiki_]

We have a Bose sound dock which we use sometimes when chilling. Never loud, I would be surprised if any other boat would hear it.

 

[MedMilo]

Last weekend I anchored in a very quiet little creek on the north coast of Menorca (Addaya, for those who know that coast) and found myself in the evening sun, sanding down a teak table, drinking a cold beer and listening to a few podcasts of Desert Island discs. Concluded that I must surely have died and gone to heaven...!

 

[Chris_Robb]

More so than I do at home. I have a really nice sound that didn't cost a fortune, and it gives me hours of pleasure.

For the saloon I bought a pair of wharfdale diamond bookshelf speakers. In their day they were quite well regarded as a home bookshelf speaker. They are small, so are supplemented by a decent, hidden sub woofer to extend the low frequency response.

Result is a really quite decent stereo image, you really can pinpoint the individual sounds. I like radio dramas too and the imagery is fab.

Waterproof speakers on deck sound pants in comparison, but still probably as good as many have.

4 x 1000 watt amplifiers sounds excessive, but the result is an effortless, clear sound that is a pleasure. And I know if OG turns up, one turn of the dial and I can annoy him. Bonus!

The diamonds were £45 in richer sounds. The biggest bargain in my boat.

The ultimate boat speaker i recon would be Rodgers LS3-5a. Designed by the BBC for their smaller control rooms a pair would be amazing, but they are pricey and also inefficient so you need a properly big amplifier.

Bloody motor boats:ambivalence: If you played Wagner I wouldn't mind

 

[paul salliss]

+1, but I do keep a listening watch on the VHF when underway…

Same as me

 

[paul salliss]

Never! I consider it a huge waste to drown out the wonderful sounds of nature when at anchor. Even if I anchor overnight somewhere I will never have music. I just love to sit, watch, listen and quietly read or snooze and if another boat anchors nearby and puts on music then if possible I will move.

Having said that... I have no issue with others listening to music on their boat if that is what they want to do... I just don't want to listen to their music at the same time

Well said. If I was being forced to listen to other people's music ( which is rare as most people are reasonable) then I would ask that they turn it down

 

[Bouba]

Saturday in a lovely small bay, nearly fifty boats at anchor and one boat has his music on. Of course you have to look and what do you see? Some middle aged couple canoodling, he looked like he was trying to consume her and an elderly couple (I assumed they were the parents) naked! Is that acceptable behavior? Its the music I tell you, some people can't be trusted with it.

 

[Montemar]

Whilst actually sailing - no. VHF radio is always on.
When not sailing - Radio 4 or late evenings may watch tv.
Definitely do not want to hear muzak from other boats. Marina noise, road noise, boaty noise, conversation, seagulls all welcome.

 

[benchmark]

My radio speakers are only in the cockpit so they cant be heard in the sleeping cabin and out on the deck, as soom as i arrive at dock i switch on the radio for a bit of company while i work or prepare fishing tackle etc. while sailing the radio i never on and VHF replaces it so i do not missout on the days fishing reports :encouragement:

 

[jon and michie]

Bloody motor boats:ambivalence: If you played Wagner I wouldn't mind

I take it you're on about the classical chap and not the guy who was in the x factor many years ago