Raggies in restaurants

[paul salliss]

I try not to differentiate between people who enjoy being on the water, whilst out for a meal however I try to avoid the pretentious stinkpot tables, they are easy to spot as they usually have under table lights fitted.

 

[paul salliss]

I love that post about under table lights, nice one

 

[Sandy Bottom]

The smellies also keep asking the waiter to take their meal to the upper balcony, and then bring it back down for them, and then take it back up - they keep a set of cutlery at both tables.

 

[DAKA]

I love that post about under table lights, nice one

Yes but I wasn't sure if it was grouping all stinkers together and a little inflammatory in nature
I'm more into mood lighting and found the post slightly offensive.

 

[aquapower]

You can tell the weather is bad and no one is going boating !

 

[DAKA]

You can tell the weather is bad and no one is going boating !

It's great weather , its just making sure you have the right boat to take full advantage of the British summer .

Flybridge = great when its rough
great when its sunny
warm when its cold

Sports boat = great when its in the med
great when its time to refuel (because you havent been anywhere)
cold when its cold
refreshing when its warm (in a sort of cold bucket of water in your face every few minutes)

 

[ProDave]

I voted other as I find it distasteful to mock other boat users who have a different sort of boat to you.

As far as I am concerned we are all leisure boaters and whatever boat floats your erm boat, that's fine by me.

Well as long as it's not a jet ski.

 

[kanajobe48]

Indeed, I am afraid to say I would not wear one if you paid me.

Might ebay my original though!

That's what we think, yet a few years ago all we wanted was a quaba coat/ dry bag/ jumper/ or anything that you could stick big numbers to.? I did wonder why we have changed against that manufacture so much yet it looks like we are not the only one?

 

[henryf]

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

The girls have their matching pink Quba jackets. Far be it for me to discuss matters of fashion with them. For my part I have also lost the love for what was once a much sought after accessory. I found myself raiding the wardrobe for an old marine jacket the other day and suddenly realised is was bought so long ago it can now be considered vintage !

Haven't voted but judging by the sailors who said we were "too rich" to use the Hamble harbourmaster's public moorings a couple of weekends ago one assumes it would be a financial decision ?

On a slightly more serious note I have noticed the detrimental impact of some large hire fleets operating in the Solent. Packed to the gunnels with bodies to lessen the overall costs they have rendered Cowes Yacht Haven unusable, the marina turns everyone else away on the basis they are full. Once emptied out onto dry land the crews tend to be a bit lively making the most of their one time trip away. Often in single sex groups they act very much as a stag / hen party would.

Henry

 

[oldgit]

It's great weather , its just making sure you have the right boat to take full advantage of the British summer .

Flybridge = great when its rough
great when its sunny
warm when its cold

Sports boat = great when its in the med
great when its time to refuel (because you havent been anywhere)
cold when its cold
refreshing when its warm (in a sort of cold bucket of water in your face every few minutes)

Oi....You forgot.....
Crash bang crash bang hull.....
The resemblence to a badly erected marquee.
the interminal Zips
The opaque plastic windows
the daft screen too low to hide behind unless on your knees ,to high to see over without standing up on the seat.......
Not quite enough room downstairs for Bilbo and Gollum............................
Easy to spot "sports boat" victim" its the broken finger nails,the hunched back and the watering eyes ?.
Still like death and taxes...most of them eventually come to their senses.

As for being OK in the Med......That badly fitted bit of canvas reduces the heat by exactly .000001%
Still better than nothing when confined to the harbour by high winds

 

[Nick_H]

U

It's great weather , its just making sure you have the right boat to take full advantage of the British summer .

Flybridge = great when its rough
great when its sunny
warm when its cold

Sports boat = great when its in the med
great when its time to refuel (because you havent been anywhere)
cold when its cold
refreshing when its warm (in a sort of cold bucket of water in your face every few minutes)

Were you not getting enough bites from the raggies Pete?

 

[benjenbav]

"It'll be like, 'I looked up and there was Ollie dangling off the spinaker by his goolies, but he still managed to polish off his G&T without spilling a drop'"

 

[laika]

I voted other as I find it distasteful to mock other boat users who have a different sort of boat to you.

Yes and no. If the Spanish mocked the British for being a bunch of lagered-up fat bald thugs with eng-er-land tattoos would that be fair? Possibly not to those British travellers sitting quietly in the corner of a bar sipping coffee and reading Lorca but it's quite understandable how they might get the idea, particularly if they live on the costa brava.

The shouty, guffawing annoying male raggies and their whinnying gender-role-stereotype female partners dressed in full musto-and-dubarry uniforms regaling each other of their corporate-something-in-the-week-sailing-legend-on-the-weekend prowess doubtless park their finely fettled boats in the same upmarket exclusive marinas as your sunseeker and princess owners, will dine at the same waterfront gastro pubs, and are unlikely to be priced out.

Your best bet for avoidance (other than "dine on board" which I voted for last night) is probably taking your repast at Subway.
[EDIT] Of course the two are not exclusive. If you prefer the ambiance of your Pershing 108 you can of course take your subs away and dine on board.

 

[lionelz]

Oi....You forgot.....
Crash bang crash bang hull.....
The resemblence to a badly erected marquee.
the interminal Zips
The opaque plastic windows
the daft screen too low to hide behind unless on your knees ,to high to see over without standing up on the seat.......
Not quite enough room downstairs for Bilbo and Gollum............................
Easy to spot "sports boat" victim" its the broken finger nails,the hunched back and the watering eyes ?.
Still like death and taxes...most of them eventually come to their senses.

As for being OK in the Med......That badly fitted bit of canvas reduces the heat by exactly .000001%
Still better than nothing when confined to the harbour by high winds

HEhehehehehehe that reminds me of me on my sports boat what is that pathetic windscreen about FFS all they have to do is make it a few inches higher and it would serve a purpose, and of course fit a set of windscreen wipers that actually clear it rather than smear it. But Would I trade it in for a flybridge? Bloody right I would if a I could afford it, But I cant so I will just keep dreaming when I am getting soaked on a lovely sunny day with some wind, as the wave comes over the front again and soaks me because I have had to have my head peering over the top of my pathetic windscreen. Having said all that at least I have shorts and T shirt on not a full ocean spec musto water proof on!!

 

[ricky_s]

We had dinner last night in the Breeze restaurant at Island Harbour Marina. The people on the table next to us showed their kids that if you have a wet finger and move it around the top of a wine glass it makes a noise, they all did that for about 20 minutes, now that is really annoying. Not sure if they were raggies though.

 

[Keen_Ed]

Never seen a raggie in one of those jackets, they're not even waterproof. Seem to be worn exclusively by mobos, usually matching his & hers, certainly round Cowes

Yup. Quba = Dft moboist.

 

[southseaian]

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 !!!!

Lets face it anyone who talks loudly in a public place either to impress or just because they are well oiled is a pain. With or without children.

 

[Blue Sunray]

It's my experience that motor yachtsmen and sailing yachtsmen are dispised equally at many of eating and drinking places frequented by same. Certainly they can be identified.
The mobo types being more flashy, spend more and are generally less tastefully dressed often sporting huge bellies.
The sailing types tending to be older money with the supercilious attitude and loud upper middle class accents that ensures they disliked everywhere.
Lets face it anyone who talks loudly in a public place either to impress or just because they are well oiled is a pain. With or without children.

+1

 

[Robin]

Beats listening to the unending loud and pretentious conversations on the Iphone of the '30 somethings' as SWMBO calls them

 

[southseaian]

Beats listening to the unending loud and pretentious conversations on the Iphone of the '30 somethings' as SWMBO calls them

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