Do You say Hello ??

I always go out of my way to be pleasant and say hello/morning etc to everyone.
If they do not have the manners to respond in a similar vein then that's their loss. Miserable *******s.

When it comes to explaining the boats history etc etc..................how I would love to just be able to hand over an A4 sheet & say here read this. But I cannot be impolite and so stick to the well trusted patter. Time after time after time after time after time .............har har
 
Sandyman said:
I always go out of my way to be pleasant and say hello/morning etc to everyone.
If they do not have the manners to respond in a similar vein then that's their loss. Miserable *******s.

When it comes to explaining the boats history etc etc..................how I would love to just be able to hand over an A4 sheet & say here read this. But I cannot be impolite and so stick to the well trusted patter. Time after time after time after time after time .............har har
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you've missed theh point. It is NOT an A4 flyer, that would be naff. It is a signwritten board on the shrouds. Most people will read it & walk on happy to know a littel more than they did before. Only the enthusiast will want to know more.

Sadly, this will not necesarily exclude the know it all richard heads. That may well be the point when you claim to be the paid hand.
 
Good Morning :)

Most of the time I'll say hello, there are times on the run to the ablutions when a conversation isn't the greatest concern on my mind, but I'll say "Hi" or "Mornin'" in passing

The other night I said good evening to a couple of guys last week, and we ended up having a chat on the way back to the boat. Next thing they were forcing a bottle of Jura onto us!....Don't you just hate marinas, they are so anti social!!!! ;)

:D
 
clyst said:
There seem to be three type of people who have marina berths . The speakers , the grunters and the ignorers . Im a speaker and say hello to others whom I meet whilst walking along the pontoon . Some ignor me completely others grunt but most reply with a cheery hello . Which are you ? Are you a Hello , ignor or a grunt ?
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I divide these as follows:

The "Hello" group are those who own their own boats, look after them, do most of the work on them and are more than willing to help others, lend tools, expertise, etc etc. Often get invites for pre dinner drinkies. I consider I am in this group.

The "grunt" group also own their own, usually very expensive boats, get all the work done on them by others. They grudgingly acknowledge your presence when you say "hello" although you are obviously way below them in the pecking order and never allow you near their boats.

The "ignore"group are the occasional bareboat charterers who turn up on a Fri/Sat, ignore everyone except their own group and then proceed to get very drunk & noisy and p**s everyone off. However, the next day they cause great amusement in their lack of boat handling skills assuming they don't actually damage anything in doing so.
 
I belive its one of the obligations of owning a good looking boat is to endevour always to accept any complements in the spirit they are given, even if you have heard the phrase "nice boat" many many times before.
I have a type of filter system, if people actually stop and ask.
Early on in my reply I mention the designer's name, if they know the name it usually becomes an interesting chat. If not my replies become more bland.

Being friendly in a marine situation has to be good, you never know when a bit of outside assistance is going to be needed.

An info board sounds like a good idea.
R
 
I'm a "hello" person.

Also I quite enjoy the enquiries about Freestyle, but I tend to tailor my reply to according to whether it comes from another yachtie or an interested landlubber. This policy, I am ashamed to admit, results in a rather patronising responses to "landlubbers", as I was forced to realise last year.

It was on the Caledonian canal, near Inverness. The enquirer, a fit-looking fifty- or sixty-something, wearing a rucksack and accompanied by woman similarly attired, he offered to take my lines. I must have looked as if I needed help, because I was trying to explain to my own female companion (non-boaty, on her first and perhaps only trip on Freestyle) that a little bump against the lock wall wasn't the end of the world. I thanked him, and handed him my lines. As he passed them back to me, he asked what sort of boat it was.

"Oh, it's called a Tandem 38, but you won't have heard of it." I said, "As far as I am aware there are only two or three of them in existence. Are you having a good walk?"

"Yes, we're on our last day. We're on holiday from New Zealand. We started at Glasgow, walked the West Highland Way to Fort William and then here via the Great Glen Way. Doesn't your boat have a fancy keel designed by Warwick Collins?"

I would kill for a put-down like that.

It turns out that, before emigrating to New Zealand, my correspondent had at various times been a boatbuilder and a club boatman in Lymington. What he didn't know about boats could be written on a postage stamp.

OK, so the experience may not have made me any less patronising to strangers, but it certainly made me aware of my snobbery.
 
Normally nod, "Morning". If someone is hanging about looking at the boat or walks to the hammerhead to inspect, they get a "hello" and if they show interest, they get an invite aboard. I fthey still seem nice, they might get a coffee/beer/whisky depending on the time of day.
 
davewarburton said:
I divide these as follows:

The "Hello" group are those who own their own boats, look after them, do most of the work on them and are more than willing to help others, lend tools, expertise, etc etc. Often get invites for pre dinner drinkies. I consider I am in this group.

The "grunt" group also own their own, usually very expensive boats, get all the work done on them by others. They grudgingly acknowledge your presence when you say "hello" although you are obviously way below them in the pecking order and never allow you near their boats.

The "ignore"group are the occasional bareboat charterers who turn up on a Fri/Sat, ignore everyone except their own group and then proceed to get very drunk & noisy and p**s everyone off. However, the next day they cause great amusement in their lack of boat handling skills assuming they don't actually damage anything in doing so.
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I am wetting myself!!!
BRILLIANT!!!! You have said it all!
I also consider myself and my Dad (Skipper) and any scervy ridden crew the 'hello' group.
We try keep away from Marinas unless we have a 'problem' or severely undernourished. Have been storm bound in a few and must admit the hot showers are are a blessing, and the morning shananikins is hilarious! All them noisy s*ds from last night who pranced about owning the county are often a sight for much amusement. The shouting and panic that comes from the oversized floating gym or yachts that are just lovely, but with crew that are so divorced from sea life, they are embarrassing.
We all get it wrong sometimes..especially if its an early start and the whiskey is still doing its thing..but you can label the morning chaos hours prior to darkness..and you are right - they are the 'ignore' group!
 
We always say hello, morning, or whatever.
If they are the variety who walk past looking the other way, after they've gone by I add in a different voice 'Oh, hello, nice to see you, how are you?'
 
If they are the variety who walk past looking the other way, after they've gone by I add in a different voice 'Oh, hello, nice to see you, how are you?'
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And if you say that to me, as well you might when I am rushing back from the chandlers half an hour after the departure time necessary to catch the first tidal gate, I'll coming rushing back, full of apology and explain:

Yes, it's a lovely morning isn't it. Pity about the forecast. I'm very sorry to have ignored you - it was entirely unintentional - my attention was focused on the problem of how to get the head off the gripthribley without splitting the worzlebush or damaging the stargangler. Do you by any chance have a snidegrinder I can borrow?
 
Freestyle said:
And if you say that to me, as well you might when I am rushing back from the chandlers half an hour after the departure time necessary to catch the first tidal gate, I'll coming rushing back, full of apology and explain:
Yes, it's a lovely morning isn't it. Pity about the forecast. I'm very sorry to have ignored you - it was entirely unintentional - my attention was focused on the problem of how to get the head off the gripthribley without splitting the worzlebush or damaging the stargangler. Do you by any chance have a snidegrinder I can borrow?
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And naturally I will say "Of course I have, old chap, here it is, keep it for as long as you like!":D
 
I was working on me boat in front of the harbour wall / promenade for a chunk of the summer - very popular place for folks (tourists & locals & other boatowners) to wander along and admire the view / watch people working from............and the odd conversation gets started. IMO all part of the craic :)


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But I was very tempted to put up a sign and hang a bucket from the railings to collect donations :D
 
Before 10:00am / 2nd cup of coffee, I admit to falling squarely into the "grunt" or "growl" category. Apologies in advance.

Anytime after midday, it's definitely "hello".
 
I always offer a "Hi" or something like that.

Perhaps a "good afternoon", "good morning" or "evenin'!"

Grunters can be excused since they may be in a bad mood, or just shy, but ignorers, they're probably still stunned into silence by their latest edition of the daily mail....

What's this country coming to when a complete stranger can just talk to you. I blame the bloody Polish!!
 
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