jerrytug
N/A
Dunkirk must be the freindliest and cheapest port in the area. Any fellow Yachting Monthly readers here,I can show you the sights and introduce you to some proper ravers,Jerry.
Dunkerque,c'est rocking!
- Thread starter jerrytug
- Start date
xyachtdave
Well-Known Member
I like the free bus that starts at the marina, does a lap of the town and ends up back at the marina - ideal for the easily confused or lost!
Whilst on the bus my daughter spotted the swimming pool...'Can we go there please!?'.....'OK let's get back to the boat and grab our stuff,'
An hour later, both of us wearing our new 'swimming hats' (required apparently) about to enter the pool, I was the subject of a whistle blowing drama! Surrounded by at least 6 members of pool staff, my pigeon French wasn't much use
I'm sorry what? Why are they pointing at my swimming shorts?
They are forbidden!
I'm sorry what was that, no swimming shorts??
But all the cool English people wear these!
Speedo budgie smugglers only?? Seriously?
Xyachtdave and daughter thrown out.
Daughter now sobbing, 'Sorry Daddy it was my idea to go swimming!'
Whilst on the bus my daughter spotted the swimming pool...'Can we go there please!?'.....'OK let's get back to the boat and grab our stuff,'
An hour later, both of us wearing our new 'swimming hats' (required apparently) about to enter the pool, I was the subject of a whistle blowing drama! Surrounded by at least 6 members of pool staff, my pigeon French wasn't much use
I'm sorry what? Why are they pointing at my swimming shorts?
They are forbidden!
I'm sorry what was that, no swimming shorts??
But all the cool English people wear these!
Speedo budgie smugglers only?? Seriously?
Xyachtdave and daughter thrown out.
Daughter now sobbing, 'Sorry Daddy it was my idea to go swimming!'
Last edited:
Paddingtonbear
Well-Known Member
Thanks for the heads up Jerry, proper ravers eh! a very good reason not to go.
RichardS
N/A
We got caught out by the same insane French rule about 10 years ago. I asked why and was told that that swimming shorts allow pubic hair to escape into the water but budgie smugglers don't..... which, of course, explains why it looks like a hairdressers floor when people remove their budgie smugglers in the changing room!
I suggested that all those kids peeing in the pool seemed a much bigger health issue that the odd pubic hair and no-one was stopping that but all that got was a lot of Gallic shrugging!
Richard
xyachtdave
Well-Known Member
Yes quite!
After a visit to the marina (Port Du Grand Large) shower and loo facilities....a few pubes in the swimming pool is the least of their worries!
aquaholic
Well-Known Member
That's one funny story Dave!! Last time we stopped there we used the yacht club on the other side, which had just had a refurb to the showers which are now very posh and the club resteraunt which served very good food. Also much closer to town.
Sybarite
Well-Known Member
It was more a hygiene matter as a lot of shorts are also used as underpants by some. It's a pretty general rule everywhere in France.
jerrytug
N/A
That's where I am now..super-friendly ladies in the capitainerie,I almost look forward to paying!
The explanation for the budgie-smuggler law is simple,watch the French women shopping in the market,they thoroughly inspect and handle the meat and veg,as they like to know what they are getting, before making a decisision!
xyachtdave
Well-Known Member
Local Dunkerque swimmer below - nice hat!
This is the sort of rig you need to be sure not to fall foul of the rules!
I'll be giving swimming in France a miss if you don't mind..........whether the ladies like to handle the goods in advance or not!
Cool Brit pictured below, gradually filling the ocean up with pubic hair - first it was plastic, now hair!
This is the sort of rig you need to be sure not to fall foul of the rules!
I'll be giving swimming in France a miss if you don't mind..........whether the ladies like to handle the goods in advance or not!
Cool Brit pictured below, gradually filling the ocean up with pubic hair - first it was plastic, now hair!
