Is there anything in common

[Guest]

I would be interested to know after seeing the fuss made between raggies, stinkies and ribsters, whether anyone has the same vehicle. There are people with 4x4's who never take them off road, I guess that could be like a RIB which is not used to it's full potential,then there are the stinkies who have a vast choice of ranges, do people generaly get a boat to fit their circumstances and usage or like cars, just want the biggest one with most gadgets on, and can't even drive it. Then there are the raggies which not knowing too much about them seem to be like the CV2 and Skoda owners who want good value for money motoring (e,g, no fuel bills), but I guess again there are very expensive raggie boats. BUT it may be that raggies, stinkies and ribsters actually drive the same car, what motivates their choice of boat and the subsequent rivalry once on the water?

 

[tcm]

Hi ho, Hi ho, it\'s off to sea we go...

Oh, it's all vair relaxed here grumpy1. The raggies all drive Mercs on the way to their skintflinty moneysaving laundryboats. Meanwhile I plan a frantic pedal down the B2345 to stinkie heaven and may possibly turn the generator on for ten minutes MAYBE. But in fact, lots of stinkies do ragging and vice versa.

Indeed my wife and I go even further and row along the coast as well as coasting along during a row!

What's that seven dwarf joke? Something like Humpy and Pumpy were her favourite? dunno..

 

[chippie]

It seems to me as a Kiwi that the mutual antagonism is a fairly pommie sort of thing, discounting the genuine complaints re jetskiers etc.
I have friends with powerboats of a range of sizes, and enjoy going out with them when invited, and have seen their appreciation of what it feels like to zoom across the water in relative silence on my trimaran. I have seen instances of each camp helping the other and in general sharing a mutual enjoyment of being on the water.

Apart from the Hauraki Gulf, there is nothing like the level of crowding that one hears about in English waters, here we really can get away from it all. Maybe that has a bearing on the issue.

 

[hlb]

There just all wankers over here!!!

<font color=blue> Haydn

 

[petem]

 

[coliholic]

It's Ok Pete, he can say that, it's not a four letter word.

 

[ArthurWood]

Chippie - I think you've hit the nail on the head

 

[claymore]

The one thing in common

is that its a free world and we can have what we choose.

regards
Claymore
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[sailbadthesinner]

Re: The one thing in common

i can only have what SWMBO chooses
allegedly

Ok brain let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer.

 

[Buck]

The basic difference

Is that us raggies see a force 8 as a nice breeze when we sail the ocean but a stinky will only leave the marina if there is no risk of the g&t getting spilled. Hence sailboats get sailed as boats but motorboats are usually glorified static caravans cluttering up marinas.

Buck

Relax, life is just a game.

 

[sailbadthesinner]

Re: The basic difference

slight exageration
a force 8 is a big wind in anybodys book and in the wrong place can be v hairy

i went out in big seas in a targa
the yacht next door had gone out and came back in

it is not something i would want to repeat. why take a boat pout in conditions it struggles to cope in?? there a carvans in both camps.
i particularly felt a bit vulnerable having only one form of power. but that is the old raggie in me.

Ok brain let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer.

 

[Buck]

Re: The basic difference

Come on you can do better than that, we are supposed to be re-inforcing the mythical battle between raggies and stinkpotters here.
I'll pretend to have never been in a MB and you are supposed to pretend to have never been in a SB, and never the twain shall meet.
Typical that a raggie has to explain the basics to a stinkpotter yet again.

Buck

Relax, life is just a game.

 

[paulineb]

Re: The basic difference

The sad thing is Buck, Sailbad is a raggie - hence his name !!!

Pxx

 

[banus]

Re: Hi ho, Hi ho, it\'s off to sea we go...

I drive a merc and have a stinky but when my battery went flat a raggie towed me in so there

 

[sailbadthesinner]

Re: The basic difference

i am far too hungover to fight
unless wakeup wants to start something



Ok brain let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer.

 

[Buck]

Re: The basic difference

Damn, too much absinthe again, must drink milk.

Buck

Relax, life is just a game.