Raggies in restaurants

[DAKA]

How do you avoid them ?
We had a lovely meal out at the weekend but the raggies had taken kids with them that must have been held up on board for a month as they made their presence known !!!!

 

[xyachtdave]

How do you avoid them ?
We had a lovely meal out at the weekend but the raggies had taken kids with them that must have been held up on board for a month as they made their presence known !!!!

Anyone wearing a white jacket with a sail number on the sleeve usually needs avoiding....'Look everyone I've got a boat!!!!', and if you're unlucky to have been on the same trip and not seen more than 20 knots..... they 'had '50 knots over the deck!'....

Boils my piss as they say!

 

[Lon nan Gruagach]

A good meal is to be had at The Shoulder of Mutton at Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire.

 

[oldgit]

] the raggies had taken kids with them

Now now be nice...one of them will probably be pushing your hoverchair and wiping your bum sometime in the distant future.

 

[ctva]

I voted "dine on board" then the rest of us don't have to put up with the loud and brash stinkboaters.

Children are another matter as they transcend both demographics.

 

[Wavey]

Haven't voted as, to be honest, I don't think the problem lies with boat owners of any persuasion per se. It's anyone with unruly kids. Personally I don't think kids should be let out until they're old enough to get a round in

 

[KINGFISHER 9]

They used to get a lot of 'types' in the Lightship at Haslar Marina ... usually the evening spoilers were their braying women ... we had several good evenings out ruined by having to listen to these overloud harridans.

 

[Cardo]

Anyone wearing a white jacket with a sail number on the sleeve usually needs avoiding....'Look everyone I've got a boat!!!!', and if you're unlucky to have been on the same trip and not seen more than 20 knots..... they 'had '50 knots over the deck!'....

Boils my piss as they say!

Awww, poor HenryF will get upset if everyone starts avoiding him!

 

[epervier]

Pete, what do you expect, afterall it is the school holidays, carry a 48volt cattle prod disguised as an umbrella, when they get too near your table give them a quick zap.

 

[paul salliss]

Anyone wearing a white jacket with a sail number on the sleeve usually needs avoiding....'Look everyone I've got a boat!!!!', and if you're unlucky to have been on the same trip and not seen more than 20 knots..... they 'had '50 knots over the deck!'....

Boils my piss as they say!

Agree 100 percent, went into Quba recently and the lady asked me if I wanted to try a jacket, I was honest and said I would only consider one if they could remove the silly numbers and letters, she explained that would cost 70 quid as a " custom order" , I left as to me they look daft, I know a guy who has one and the letters spell out his name!

 

[burgundyben]

I know a guy who has one and the letters spell out his name!

Grade 1 class A wardrobe malfunction.

 

[Offshore57]

They used to get a lot of 'types' in the Lightship at Haslar Marina ... usually the evening spoilers were their braying women ... we had several good evenings out ruined by having to listen to these overloud harridans.

Had a very similar incident at Hamble point, while having a quiet coffee with SWMBO, duty Harridan was leading the "We are the champions" singalong after the crew of a yot had completed the RTI race a couple of years ago. Noticing the old fashioned looks we must have been giving them she said.." I bet you never got round the island in less than (cant remember the number of) hours"....... actually I have, I said... in 2005 .... but without a sail, and in less than 53 minutes. we had to keep the revs down though to stop the motor blowing at over 82 mph...............................the expression on her face was priceless...a mixture of disbelief and disgust........................... Sometimes it just has to be done. (Would have been quicker but our course ran round various compulsory marks at the Needles and Bembridge....)

 

[chrishelen]

I was only thinking about this yesterday, there was a group of sailors sat in the pub/ eatery wearing their foulies including salopets and boots, OK the pub is near the marina but take a change of clothes guys.

 

[epervier]

Agree 100 percent, went into Quba recently and the lady asked me if I wanted to try a jacket, I was honest and said I would only consider one if they could remove the silly numbers and letters, she explained that would cost 70 quid as a " custom order" , I left as to me they look daft, I know a guy who has one and the letters spell out his name!

Richard Skull?

 

[aslabend]

I was only thinking about this yesterday, there was a group of sailors sat in the pub/ eatery wearing their foulies including salopets and boots, OK the pub is near the marina but take a change of clothes guys.

I had no idea motorbloaters were so posh in their outlook! I'll bring the blazer next time doncha-know old chap......

Best way to avoid raggies in resteraunts...... eat out in Milton Keynes ;¬)

 

[Fantasie 19]

....the raggies had taken kids with them ...

Are mobo'ers all sterile then??? Assuming so, as most kids act the same...

 

[DAKA]

Are mobo'ers all sterile then??? Assuming so, as most kids act the same...

There were mobo kids as well, they were well behaved.
The raggie kids were stood on chairs. Sat on the table , it was like they saw the table as a sailing boat roof to perch on.
The only time they sat on a chair was to lean back on two legs using the table as a toe strap

 

[oldgit]

There were mobo kids as well, they were well behaved.

Probably the diesel fumes......rendered them catatonic

 

[ronsurf]

Here's what you could do to avoid finding yourself in a pub or restaurant with a lively atmosphere full of laughing people from all walks of life:

Drive your motorboat to your chosen destination. Find a parking space and park your boat. Keep your engines running to ensure no one parks near you and risks damaging your fenders by destroying any peace and quiet and filling the vicinity with delicious exhaust fumes.
Before you undo your kill cord and change into your Ralph Lauren casual clothes, have a look around you. Are there any boats with tall sticky up poles on them around? Not sticky up poles like a radio aerial, but really tall sticky up bits - so tall they make you wonder how one earth they get under bridges. If there are a few, then best fire up the engines and go and park your boat somewhere else. Somewhere where there are only well behaved children of well behaved fellow motorboat owners like yourself. Alternatively stay at home and find something else to complain about.

 

[BruceK]

Here's what you could do to avoid finding yourself in a pub or restaurant with a lively atmosphere full of laughing people from all walks of life:

Drive your motorboat to your chosen destination. Find a parking space and park your boat. Keep your engines running to ensure no one parks near you and risks damaging your fenders by destroying any peace and quiet and filling the vicinity with delicious exhaust fumes.
Before you undo your kill cord and change into your Ralph Lauren casual clothes, have a look around you. Are there any boats with tall sticky up poles on them around? Not sticky up poles like a radio aerial, but really tall sticky up bits - so tall they make you wonder how one earth they get under bridges. If there are a few, then best fire up the engines and go and park your boat somewhere else. Somewhere where there are only well behaved children of well behaved fellow motorboat owners like yourself. Alternatively stay at home and find something else to complain about.

I'm with this guy :encouragement: Honestly, one of the reasons I got a boat is because I have a son with ASD we cant go anywhere public as a family without a couple intolerant and impatient gits throwing a hissy fit. Kids are a fact of life, the OP is all grown up now, but judging from his it's all about me attitude, not by much I'd garner.