Do you wave?

snowleopard said:
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 wave when sailing because it's fun. it makes me happy. it makes me feel alive. and when i'm happy i want to be friendly with my fellow humans. cars are not fun, they are functional (sometimes). cars tend to induce frustration and misery and non-wavy behaviour.
 
Reminds me of dinghy sailing in Hong Kong many years ago with a four year old crew.
He always waved to the ferries until one day I had to remind him,
"Wave to the ferry Michael"
"No. Nobody ever waves back!"
He was right though, they never did.
 
VinceHall said:
My name is Vince and it is two days since I waved.

In Holland waving to other sailing boats is mandatory. It is a way of saying "We are fellows of the water, sharing a passion and what a jolly nice day it is too".

I tend not to wave to barges as it is difficilt to see the crew behind the dirty glass of the bridge and if they do lean out of the wheel house as you bounce up and down in their wake, rarely do they respond in kind.
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The Dutch have got waving to a fine art, very similar I believe to the Aussie driver's wave, where minimalism is everything. If you can make your point with one finger just moving perceptibly you have achieved a minor masterpiece.
 
jokerboat said:
That's a shame. I have a speedboat, I wave to everyone, keep out of the way of raggies and watch my wake in close quarters. Why tar all of us with the same brush.

I'm not going to wave to you anymore :(
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I'm interested to hear your comment and pleased too that you prefer to wave.
I'm definatly a waver, nodder and smiler ....... usually!
My thought was that mobos didn't wave to raggies. In fact the usual response from then to me is to look the other way rather than they have my eyes meet theirs as I give the glance accross with a friendly smile and a nod.
In fact the only gesture I can remember from a large mobo to me, was an even larger pair of fingers gesticulating at me.
I did however give a shaken fist to a mobo on Sunday. You know the sort, on a boat about 24foot long, as tall as it is long, going along the length of the pontoons at Fareham Lake at a speed which creates the biggest possible bow wave and sends each yacht, big and small, tumbling about on their lines and against their fenders like skittles just hit by a bowling ball.
In fact, after pointing out to him the ill manners and downright selfishness of his actions, he got a great deal more from me as he denied braking the speed limit so everything was o.k. by him and there was nothing I could do about it anyway. Grrrrrrrrr*******!!!!
I do apologise to his lady (who did come up from below eventually) if she heard my expletives offered as a passing shot to him as he made his way towards Portsmouth.
I've put an appeal on the motor boat forum......'please cut your wash' , it will be interesting to see the response. :-)
 
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I generally always wave. I find it creates a sense of community amongst sailors. Kind of leaves me with a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

But this weekend I was so irritated when a fellow sailor bore down on me as my rather inexperienced crew were taking their time un-furling the genoa. I was on the starboard tack, making very little way as there wasn't much wind and I only had the main up. He was on a port tack. I called starboard but he wasn't budging from his course. I had to switch on the engine to get out of his way!!

Once I passed he then had to cheek to wave at me??? I fixed him with a stare and then turned by back on him, without waving. I'm sure it made no difference to him but it sure made me feel better.
 
snooks said:
What's the consensus on a ferry load of people?

Do you wave at all of them or just the ones who wave at you?....I must admit I feel like a muppet waving at a ferry, not for the kids and parents who have waved at me to start with, but for the people the deck below who think I've started it by waving at them, then they wave back, before you know it the whole ferry has a Mexican wave going round the decks! :D
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I love waving at ferries, but they have to be close enough for me to see that there are kids at the rail. You can count on the kids to be the first to wave back, then many of the adults follow their example. I do it because I love kids, and this is one activity for which you don't need a CRB check.

Mobos round here generally wave, although there seem to be a higher proportion of defaulters among that fraternity.

Fishermen on the shore seem to be a bit ambivalent about waving, especially boys out with their fathers - I guess both fear being regarded by the other as uncool.

I also wave at fishing boats, even though I know I might not see their response. On a couple of occasions, off Northern Ireland, they have actually come out of the wheelhouse to make sure I can see them wave.

The secret? A defaced blue ensign, of course.

Edit - I almost forgot: and I wear a Tilley hat tied up under the chin.
 
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My name is John and I am a waver.

I used to just be a social waver when sailing around the Solent.

Then I went cruising in the Caribbean and EVERYONE waves ALL THE TIME so before you know it, it's easy to get caught up in it as it seems to be the norm. Excessive waving is socially acceptable there, at any time of the day, or day of the week, so it's easy to slip down the slope.

I realised I had a problem on a visit home, when I began openly waving to people in the opposite seating aisle on the London Underground.
 
My name's Tim ... proper old tart when it comes to waving ... wave at anyone!
Used to amuse me when I kept both a motor and sailing boat in Gosport (now just the sailer) ... the combinations of sail wave to sailing boat/motor boat, motor boat wave to sailing boat, sail/sail, motor/motor and so on. I had special waves for the really clever ones who couldn't manage to figure out how to use the small boat channel or couldn't tell port from starboard .. a common fault! .. I also noticed that it didn't matter which boat I was in, you tended not to get a return wave from someone who's boat was bigger than yours!
I still wave though ... funny old world innit !!
 
Dyflin said:
Fishing boats, now they never wave, miserable swine's...
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Maybe it's a "regional" problem but I have certainly found that the fisherman around the Oban area are quite often the first to wave and they have, on many occassions, initiated an exchange of cheery remarks (remarks on weather etc).

As for waving, I always wave, whatever they are in. If they don't wave back, no big deal but a very rare occurence and, anyway, it is hardly the end of the World.
I can't see that it makes a difference what craft they are in. There are many reasons why someone may not wave back (busy, concentrating etc).
On the other hand, those that do not return a "good morning" or whatever, on the quayside, are generally just arrogant.

By the way, I can't remember anyone with a Blue Ensign NOT waving back.
 
Scotty_Twister said:
I'm interested to hear your comment and pleased too that you prefer to wave.
I'm definatly a waver, nodder and smiler ....... usually!
My thought was that mobos didn't wave to raggies. In fact the usual response from then to me is to look the other way rather than they have my eyes meet theirs as I give the glance accross with a friendly smile and a nod.
In fact the only gesture I can remember from a large mobo to me, was an even larger pair of fingers gesticulating at me.
I did however give a shaken fist to a mobo on Sunday. You know the sort, on a boat about 24foot long, as tall as it is long, going along the length of the pontoons at Fareham Lake at a speed which creates the biggest possible bow wave and sends each yacht, big and small, tumbling about on their lines and against their fenders like skittles just hit by a bowling ball.
In fact, after pointing out to him the ill manners and downright selfishness of his actions, he got a great deal more from me as he denied braking the speed limit so everything was o.k. by him and there was nothing I could do about it anyway. Grrrrrrrrr*******!!!!
I do apologise to his lady (who did come up from below eventually) if she heard my expletives offered as a passing shot to him as he made his way towards Portsmouth.
I've put an apeal on the motor boat forum......'please cut your wash' , it will be interesting to see the response. :-)
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I find the opposite. Especially larger raggies, if I wave at them I get the averted head or a nose in the air. Even if I'm not creating a huge wake (dig dig)

On the cut your wash thing, we little speedy things suffer just as much as you raggies. In some cases even more so as we can be swamped!

I'm afraid that some people will not learn or listen. We are not all alike. I spent at least 10 minutes on Sunday going round in circles to let a flotilla of fledgeling raggies pass on their way in a race. I even got a thank you from a couple of them which was nice.

I'll continue to be my normal friendly waving self on the basis that, like letting people out of side turnings, if I do it to them they might, just might, do it for someone else.
 
I always wave - especially to Mobos ....

and it sometimes irks them so much that they seek me out to find out why I've waved to them = plenty of free pints and several new friendships :) :) :) * - see note below .....

A wave like a smile like a 'thank you' costs nothing and earns rewards. When I'm in the everso_low hills in Berkshire or anywhere where there aren't too many people a simple hi or a passing wave quite often works wonders ... The spoken 'Hi' doesn't work in a) Greenland or b) the Peak District: a) Greenland: because I didn't like the lady leader walking across the beach the other way some 50 miles and 3 mountains from anywhere for personal reasons and b) in the Pik District because there are tooooo many people wearing flat 'ats and by the time you've said your 10,000th "'ey up' you're hoarse.

*NOTE: Especially at the Tap & Spile, Garth, Bangor, N Wales :) :) :) (for reasons only understood by all who visit and imbibe there :) :) :) .... Freestyle or Searush might explain ...!!!! )
 
mortehoe said:
*NOTE: Especially at the Tap & Spile, Garth, Bangor, N Wales :) :) :) (for reasons only understood by all who visit and imbibe there :) :) :) .... Freestyle or Searush might explain ...!!!! )
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After an evening in the Tap & Spile with Morthoe I'd be hard pressed to explain anything.

But then perhaps I should follow the lead of many of the other contributors to this thread, and familiarise myself with the the AA protocol for introductions - how does it go? My name's Mark and I . . .
 
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My name is Steve & I am a serial waver.

I wave to all & sundry - most respond, but not all (some seem to suffer from a mistaken belief that they are important!) - oh & I wear a defaced Blue. I have not yet found the Tap & Spile at Bangor, I am more likely to be found in the Gazelle at the other end of the old ferry route. I may go & cautiously look one day.

My fave waves are to kids on the quayside, jetties & tripper boats. I have also been known to lend crab lines & buckets to local urchins on the quayside. It keeps 'em happy & out of mischief as well as demonstrating that not all Yotties are snotty.
 
Allways wave and not to bothered if they don't wave back.
Have notice when north of Flamborough Head all the way up to the Forth even the big ships will often pop out onto the wing and give you a wave. I have actually had 1 respond sound signals when doing Coastal Practicle.
cheers drew

arm tired now:D
 
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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great posting, snowleopard.

my name is steve, on a jeanneau 42DS, and I need to wave to every other boat, and I get very angry when another boat doesn't respond!
 
I am a waver...........if they dont wave back I wave again, if they still dont wave I cup my hands and shout
"I AM WAVING AT YOU"
Sad I know but get so peed of when a friendly gesture is ignored.
 
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