Old Cranky Sailors

Yes! ... you too!!!?

flaming said:
I've been lectured by some right old duffers, most of whom couldn't sail a rubber duck in a bath tub.
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I know the family well ..... all trained & sailed out of the same School ..... ;)

flaming said:
Guess I must be growing up...
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...... (Moi!? ....please God) .....NEVER! ..... :eek: :D

And somebody was telling me about advice they'd received from several sailors within the same group regarding a specific job ..... and it turned-out that not one had ever attempted the job themselves! ....... classic! :)
 
chrishelen said:
on our first stab of Chartering in Corfu last summer we picked the boat up from the marina and whilst checking it over this duffer on the next boat was giving us advice and stuff,as he had "chartered here for 15 years" he got quite cranky with my brother, an RN warrent officer cos he was pulling out the main to see if it worked ok...any way after inviting himself on board to show us our failings he proceded to get very worked up when he found out only myself had done any kind of sailing.. the boat, a bav 49 was way too big for us 5 blokes, what were we thinking and stuff like that..

Anyway next morning on leaving the harbour he promply hit a sand bank and had to be towed off by the marina boat..he never did show where he arranged for us to go that evening.
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Or the time a commander in the navy hit August rock with Sir Galahad and got towed off then promptly went aground yet again on a rock yes you guessed it August rock lol ha ha.

We can all dredge up bad seamanship and being a naval officer doesn't give you any credence when in a small boat.
Or the naval officer hitting the ship racing and being a complete arse in the Solent v whilst an exclusion zone being in force lol

The point is dint get worked up, but if uoure doing damage then suffer the lecture and pay up
 
Biggles Wader said:
Im not clear if you just fended off to prevent a collision,or gave the other boat a clout?If the former then yes it was a cranky reaction,but if the latter it seems entirely reasonable to get a bit upset.
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Didn't hit the boat but his 45 degree flag pole got a bit caught up. In response to other poster, no i dont have issues often i guess i've cocked up half a dozen times in 10 years, i sail single handed or short handed on a beamy 11 meter AWB, one thing i have noticed is that while the freeboard is nice they dont half get caught by the wind and some times you need power to deal with this .... can be a close call in the tight marinas :(
 
flawed_logic said:
Didn't hit the boat but his 45 degree flag pole got a bit caught up. In response to other poster, no i dont have issues often i guess i've cocked up half a dozen times in 10 years, i sail single handed or short handed on a beamy 11 meter AWB, one thing i have noticed is that while the freeboard is nice they dont half get caught by the wind and some times you need power to deal with this .... can be a close call in the tight marinas :(
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As an ex Naval Officer I like the 45 degree ensign staff to show off my Blue Ensign to the full. :rolleyes:
 
very considerate of you, if i am ever in that situation i hope i am able to help out in a similar way! it is worrying how often people who said they need to be away early over sleep.
 
Back to the OP:

I wouldn't get wound up by the fact that the other guy was old. He could have been young or middle-aged and just as pissed-off.

There's something about this country that has always disdained the elderly. In Southern or Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, etc - old people are respected. Not because they're cleverer or better in some way, but because they've been around a long time, have more experience and have done their bit.

Here, we glorify youth - perhaps because we see in the young our own selves before we became tarnished by our failures and disappointments and all too aware of our own limitations.

This national dysfunction is exemplified the scene in 'Clockwork Orange' when the Bovver Boys (I forget what Burgess called them) are giving the old guy a hard kicking: as they're laying into him they jibe something like: "Ha! You fought for us [and your mates died in the War] and we don't give a s**t!"

Drive your boat with more care, but accept that mistakes will happen and people will get upset.
 
I for one, rather than boasting perfection from long experience, would like to draw attention to my truly awesome creativity. I first set foot in a sailing boat when I was 5 years old, which is 57 years ago. After all that time, I can still to this day find new ways of cocking things up.
 
Amulet said:
I for one, rather than boasting perfection from long experience, would like to draw attention to my truly awesome creativity. I first set foot in a sailing boat when I was 5 years old, which is 57 years ago. After all that time, I can still to this day find new ways of cocking things up.
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Me too, after 50 years plus of sailing cockups I had a go at mobo ones as well for a while so can claim multi-task cocking up skills. Just got back to sailing again to finish a career of cockups,
 
I once got a tongue lashing from an old guy when he considered that I had anchored too close ..... West Palm Beach, FL ..... I moved off, got the dinghy down and invited him over for a sun-downer. He was full of great stories .....

Chill out and live a little ..... go cruising and relax.
 
If I read the op correctly. They used a fender to prevent damage and none was done.
The referance to lack of fender was when another completely different boat hit his.
and the contrast in reactions.
 
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