Guest Etiquette when Cruising

Alaphillipe said:
Hello,

We have been invited to spend a week with a couple on their 60 something sailing yacht in the med this summer. I understand that we will have our own bathroom and cabin and that the yacht has all mod cons but as we don’t have a yacht, and never will, what is the etiquette by way doing things and paying for things like fuel and parking etc? Would an opening gift of Gin or Rum be more appropriate than wine perhaps? I really want the week to go well so any suggestions or information would be appreciated.
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“60 something” is a difficult size to offer advice on, because this is a size which is both big enough to need a professional crew and small enough not to need one.
 
Looking back over my sailing "career", the most enjoyable sailing has been on boats owned by easy-going people who require little more from their guests than the ability to operate a bilge pump at frequent intervals and to light a Taylors stove. :D
 
Do you know your friends well are you of the same social standing was the yacht inherited,did they buy it or did they build it have you ever been on. 60 foot yacht?As mentioned it’s a minefield if there German don’t mention the war if there Brit steer clear of Brexit the French should be Ok just stick to food..........
 
Reading this thread reminds me of how NOT to do it, when watching the part of the film "Riddle of the Sands".
Where Carruthers meets Arthur Davies at the railway station & later boards his boat.

Just remember to take a couple of rigging screws with you ---galvanised, of course!!
 
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laika said:
Being considerate to other people in an anchorage where folks are swimming. No-one else wants to see clouds of toilet paper floating about. On passage offshore is a different case
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Surely the thing that preceded the toilet paper is worse?

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laika said:
Being considerate to other people in an anchorage where folks are swimming. No-one else wants to see clouds of toilet paper floating about. On passage offshore is a different case
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So the plan is flush the poops into the anchorage, but not the paper? Or have I misunderstood?
 
I think a 60' yacht with more than one heads is going to have holding tanks.

But the idea of putting used toilet paper in a bin to fester is going to put a lot of people off using the heads, perhaps that's the idea a shity one one I might add.
 
Perhaps there's some male-centric thinking around uses of toilet paper? Most people's holding tanks are going to fill pretty quickly if they're used every time someone takes a slash.

Fr J Hackett said:
But the idea of putting used toilet paper in a bin to fester is going to put a lot of people off using the heads, perhaps that's the idea a shity one one I might add.
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Are people put off going on holiday to greece where that's been the general rule for accommodation on the islands for as long as I've been going and presumably long before?
 
Ohlin Karcher said:
I would not sail on a vessel with this absurd, unhygenic and disgusting stipulation.
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I'll take you off my guest list then.

The rule is that nothing your body does not produce is put down the toilet. Simpler than specifying feminine "products", baby wipes etc... Just have a ban on anything artificial.

Reasoning is partly environmental (baby wipes, tampons etc have plastic content and DO NOT bio-degrade) and partly to stop the heads getting blocked by excissive use of paper. A side effect is that less paper is used. Or none at all if the adjacent shower head is for cleansing as is common is the middle east and other parts of the world.

I don't understand why this might be considered unhygienic? Paper is put into a small lined waste container with a lid. Can be emptied immediately and a fresh liner supplied if crew member is squeamish about their bodily functions.
 
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