Etiquette when passing people in a marina

Hadenough said:
OK, I will bite. What do you do when a rally takes over a pontoon for a “pontoon party”, ignores everyone else and expects them to levitate over them to exit the area.
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Gatecrash the party. Take a glass of wine and get stuck into the canapes.
 
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Just_sayin' said:
I always say “hello” to people walking towards me, or at least a smile and a nod.

Difficulty is knowing what language to use when you’re, say, in a non-touristy area.

Once said “Bonjour” to a chap, he bonjoured back and we spent 10 slow minutes making conversation about a rough voyage he’d had before we realised we were both English!

Strangely enough we understood each other better than when talking to an actual French person ... I guess we both studied the same course, didn’t really have accents and translated literally

Bizzare! :)
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That's a good one ! :)
I recently had an encounter with a woman in an Mcdonalds Restaurant. On making my way to the condiments area we met
and swayed unable to make forward progress . I suggested "shall we dance ?" and she actually put her arms around me and we started dancing. Nice looker too. I put it down to my non threatening age.
 
Well, if it's a lower-class rally of boats like mine it might only be peanuts and Chilean red but if it's a posh motor boat rally you might expect finer fare. Smoked salmon and chilled Sancerre perhaps.
 
Having lived in the same Galician hamlet for 20 years I wave and salute anybody within 2 kilometers,my reason,they must be neighbours even if we have not met!
 
Hadenough said:
OK, I will bite. What do you do when a rally takes over a pontoon for a “pontoon party”, ignores everyone else and expects them to levitate over them to exit the area.
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'Pontoon Party'? Obviously not a Westerly rally.... they have 'drinks parties' ....

'Well, if it's a lower-class rally of boats like mine it might only be peanuts and Chilean red '

Nothing wrong with a nice Carmenere... don't knock Chilean reds... best in the world... if you are in Chile and not shopping at Sainsburies and consider Bull's Blood fancy...

Smoked salmon? Poor man's tucker hereabouts...
 
JumbleDuck said:
It depends where you are. In my home city of Glasgow everyone talks to everyone and buses are a hum of conversation. When I visit London I make eye contact with people in the tube, just to watch them squirm.
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Pretty much the same where I am in East Kent. We do though get a lot of London-based second-home owners around here who will mostly look the other way rather than speak or smile or nod to you. We can always spot them approaching, because of the way they dress (I expect they think 'oh God more locals, just look at their clothes'!).
 
If you're a known public figure in a small town, you can expect to be recognized and greeted by all sorts of people who you don't recall having ever seen before! I'm a Lay Minister, and there's always a certain proportion of the flock who nip off sharply after the service so you never meet them - but they know you!
 
Cantata said:
Pretty much the same where I am in East Kent. We do though get a lot of London-based second-home owners around here who will mostly look the other way rather than speak or smile or nod to you. We can always spot them approaching, because of the way they dress (I expect they think 'oh God more locals, just look at their clothes'!).
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And we can spot you by the chip on your shoulder.
 
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