Guest Etiquette when Cruising

Resolution said:
Having run a small charter fleet for a while, I can assure you that blockages were all too frequent, notwithstanding careful maintenance and very direct instructions during the customer briefings. Horrible job for the service gang, clearing someone else's cr&p.
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Hopefully you were able to retain some money from their credit card, to pay for cleaning?
 
As just about a 60 foot owner, the only requeste is for your good company. You are guests, so that is enough.

However, if you fancy getting the fresh bread in the morning, it will never go amiss.
 
Did the OP specify the type of boat? 60 feet could be a two-masted lugger, or a gaff ketch rigged trawler. A small gift of rendered pig's tallow would be appreciated, but apart from that, you are guests.. so all you need are your muscles :encouragement:
 
Ohlin Karcher said:
Did the OP specify the type of boat? 60 feet could be a two-masted lugger, or a gaff ketch rigged trawler. A small gift of rendered pig's tallow would be appreciated, but apart from that, you are guests.. so all you need are your muscles :encouragement:
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Beef tallow, please. I speak as a former owner of a boat that liked such things...
 
frankly I wouldn’t be seen dead on a yacht that couldn’t take a cabin trunk so obviously you will just have to slum it,get a few g&t s and make sure the cabin crew know how you like your shirts ironed for god sake at least pretend you know how to treat crew and certainly don’t fraternize with them!
 
Ohlin Karcher said:
Did the OP specify the type of boat? 60 feet could be a two-masted lugger, or a gaff ketch rigged trawler.
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The only invitation I had on such a craft was even larger, at 33m (108ft) and it was a motor yacht, a San Lorenzo SL 108. The most important thing to remember was never to let any sort of shore-side shoe touch the deck or (unthinkably) below. Soft, washable slippers were lined up by the boarding positions and visitors were asked to shed their shoes on the adjacent matting and don a pair of them before advancing any further.


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Barnac1e said:
The only invitation I had on such a craft was even larger, at 22m (72ft) and it was a motor yacht, a San Lorenzo SL 108. The most important thing to remember was never to let any sort of shore-side shoe touch the deck or (unthinkably) below. Soft, washable slippers were lined up by the boarding positions and visitors were asked to shed their shoes on the adjacent matting and don a pair of them before advancing any further.
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My wife and I were invited for dinner on a superb 100 footer last summer. The invitation specifically permitted high heels on deck - as the teak was due to be replaced during the coming winter refit! (It looked immaculate to me, but maybe my standards are too low.)
 
mjcoon said:
How come the "Originally Posted by Barnac1e" shrank from 108 feet (matching the model number) to 72 feet?

Mike.
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Because I had 22m stuck in my head and converted to feet. In fact, when I later looked up the actual vessel owned by a Swiss friend, I saw the correct dimensions and edited the post.

As it was all another world to me with 33m or even 22m vessels being beyond my normal area of experience, it was all the same to me, especially mobos.

Here is the ship anchored in Croatia that I met later with my HR94 anchored astern, when I was again invited aboard.

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Barnac1e said:
Because I had 22m stuck in my head and converted to feet. In fact, when I later looked up the actual vessel here, owned by a Swiss friend, I saw the correct dimensions and edited the post.

As it was all another world to me with 33m or even 22m vessels being beyond my normal area of experience, it was all the same to me, especially mobos.

Here is the ship anchored in Croatia that I met later with my HR94 anchored astern, when I was again invited aboard.

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The thought of the fuel consumption at 30 knots is awe-inspiring!
 
Resolution said:
The thought of the fuel consumption at 30 knots is awe-inspiring!
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There's a bit of a story there. I had been invited for the first week in commission and on the third day I joined my friend on the bridge while he was working out the previous two days' fuel consumption. "I've kept the speed well down because both engines have the wrong propellers and it looks like 90 litres." I was about to blurt out something like "well, for two whole day's motoring I suppose that may be acceptable, but that would last me the whole season."

Thankfully, I said nothing, for the next thing he said was "90 litres an hour isn't too bad, today we'll open her up a bit."
 
Barnac1e said:
There's a bit of a story there. I had been invited for the first week in commission and on the third day I joined my friend on the bridge while he was working out the previous two days' fuel consumption. "I've kept the speed well down because both engines have the wrong propellers and it looks like 90 litres." I was about to blurt out something like "well, for two whole day's motoring I suppose that may be acceptable, but that would last me the whole season."

Thankfully, I said nothing, for the next thing he said was "90 litres an hour isn't too bad, today we'll open her up a bit."
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Have a chat on the Motorboat forum! I ran a Sunseeker 64 that used 270 litres an hour. A friend has a 65 with 1100hp engines that uses over 400. Per Hour. These are small boats.......:)
 
capnsensible said:
Have a chat on the Motorboat forum! I ran a Sunseeker 64 that used 270 litres an hour. A friend has a 65 with 1100hp engines that uses over 400. Per Hour. These are small boats.......:)
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I remember hearing an advertisement on the English language radio station at Nice. They announced that they could now supply yachts with diesel in smaller amounts up to 50 tons.
 
vyv_cox said:
I remember hearing an advertisement on the English language radio station at Nice. They announced that they could now supply yachts with diesel in smaller amounts up to 50 tons.
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We spent a lot of years in Gib where there is no tax on marine diesel. Marina bay had a constant stream of superyachts moored on the end of Pier 1 and on the inside of the cruise ship dock for bunkers. In MB they made nice windbreaks in a westerly. ;)

However if you want really cheap, goto Venezuela! We bought diesel at around 1p a litre...........
 
Not bad for a first post; the OP scoring a century in replies, well 115 now and still at the crease.
 
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