Do you wave?

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The 'things that get on your nerves' thread seems to say that the single biggest irritation is people who don't wave back.

So - do you wave? To everyone or just those in the same type of boat? Do you respond when others wave?

Do you wave to other owners of the same model of car on the road?

Why do people wave?
 
Yes, I wave, and if they don't wave back I wave again. Nearly all the local boats and the visiting Dutch crews wave back.
I do it because its just friendly. I wave to other yotties, mobos et al. apart from the ones that dont give way or are speeding or are just ugly :)
What pees me off are people that stare at me when passing by and don't wave back - and almost every time they are 60-70 yr olds wearing a Tilley hat tied under the chin in a folkboat and they look very serious!!
 
I wave, and mutter under my breath when people don't wave back...then they wave and I'm too busy muttering to see them! ;)

Seriously tho, My name is Graham and I wave

What I do like is when I wave, and someone on their boat waves back, my partner will see that wave, and, not know I've waved, will wave back, they someone else will see her wave, and wave back at us, and so it continues ;) :D
 
wherry said:
I wave to other yotties, mobos et al. apart from the ones that dont give way or are speeding or are just ugly :)
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all is now explained why I get so few waves!

I like this approach. It's roughly what I do, though my other exception is when it's hyper busy and there are just too many boats, like when coming out of the hamble on a sunny day, though even then I would if there was a connection of some sort - and that is indefinable.
 
Yeah, always wave. Nearly everyone waves back, and the ones that don't I just put down to poor timing (either they were looking the other way when I waved or vice versa)
 
My name's Ian and I'm a waver:)
I think the majority of people are. The problem is I Always wonder at what distance away from another boat it it OK not to wave.
So next question is at what distance do you stop waving?
 
snowleopard said:
The 'things that get on your nerves' thread seems to say that the single biggest irritation is people who don't wave back.

So - do you wave? To everyone or just those in the same type of boat? Do you respond when others wave?

Do you wave to other owners of the same model of car on the road?

Why do people wave?
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The question is a bit like: Do you say hello to people you pass in the street? What I like so much about rural Britain, and Ireland, North and South, is that you cannot pass another person without one of you saying "Hello" or "How are you doing", which greeting is then acknowledged by the other. But this behaviour makes less and less sense as the numbers go up, to the point at which, if you say "Hello" in Tottenham Court Road, people assume you are trying to get something out of them, either by sale, seduction or robbery.

So when you don't see another boat all day (and off the West coast of Ireland I didn't see one sailing, or motoring, for three days) you wave like hell when you see one. On the other hand, if you are sailing past a stream of thirty or so yachties heading for their moorings/berths after a weekend's sailing, you aren't be surprised if your cheerful wave is not answered
 
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snooks said:
What I do like is when I wave, and someone on their boat waves back, my partner will see that wave, and, not know I've waved, will wave back, they someone else will see her wave, and wave back at us, and so it continues ;) :D
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Is this called wave propagation?
 
wherry said:
What pees me off are people that stare at me when passing by and don't wave back - and almost every time they are 60-70 yr olds wearing a Tilley hat tied under the chin in a folkboat and they look very serious!!
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My name is Ken, I'm 60 next birthday and I sail a Folkboat. I'm not saying what sort of hat I wear (I have several) but I try not to take myself too seriously and I wave whenever I can.
 
I dont think you actually need to wave;more a casual salute,waving can be very tireing and a casual salute can be turned into a hair adjustment if an aknowledgement is not percieved before the movment is completed,In general the Spanish yachtmen Ihave waved and or saluted have stared back;but they have several decades to catch up on yachting norms-
 
Yes I wave

But then again I was that man in Kingston-upon-Thames twenty odd years ago that frightened the living day lights out of folk by saying 'Good Morning' to them as I walked to the station!
I used to have a 1937 MG Midget, I waved to other MG drivers. I had a Lotus Super 7, too quick to wave at anyone!
But I always wave, even if the miserable sod I am with doesn't!!

Mal
 
Wave?

Like in 'freakwave'?

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:)
 
"Don't wave then" that was shouted to me a few months ago. I sometimes row my tender when I'm alone returning from my mooring. This particular day there was a strong breeze and I was heading into it, feeling good at getting a bit of cardio vascular exercise. If I had wanted to ship my oars I would have given a different hand signal. The answer to the question of waving though is yes I do, why not?
 
I'm not a waver, I'm a hugger and this means I've got to get really close to other people's boats to get a tactile interchange .. this often ends up rather more robust than my original intent.
 
I pretty much agree with Freestyle. If someone waves at me I always wave back, if someone has given way to me or we pass close ( couple of boatlengths maybe ) then I will wave. Otherwise, not very often, it's 1 hand for the ship and 1 hand for the beer !

Chris
 
snowleopard said:
The 'things that get on your nerves' thread seems to say that the single biggest irritation is people who don't wave back.

So - do you wave? To everyone or just those in the same type of boat? Do you respond when others wave?

Do you wave to other owners of the same model of car on the road?

Why do people wave?
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I find it tedious, BUT I do wave all the time because I'm enjoying myself and I hope, to initiate a contact ,others might demonstrate their pleasure too.

Doesn't bother me if I receive no response- such folk just fall short of civility and thus of no moment!
 
... oh and 'tis interesting that whilst many people wave whilst on the water, on the pontoon many find it difficult to respond to a hello!
 
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