Grumpybear
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Shore Rig - how do you dress when going ashore?
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That's it. A combination of whatever's dry.
VicS
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+1.
Got turned away from one restaurant in Jersey once for not wearing ties.
Went to nearest pub instead who would only let us in the public bar because we were wearing " fishermens clothes".
capnsensible
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Back when I sailed a lot in the UK, often used to wear damp gear ashore and dry out in a nice, warm pub.
OTOH, once did a Services race to Guernsey (Guernsey Cup). The prize reception was in Castle Carey. Being the representatives of the great unwashed (HMS Dolphin) we wore Tuxedos and bowties to irritate the skimmers.
This, of course, then meant we felt obliged to keep the same kit on for the sail back. We had to call into Lymington just after dawn for diesel...we had cut it a bit fine. The Customs guy in his dorey (them were the days) was a tad bemused.
OTOH, once did a Services race to Guernsey (Guernsey Cup). The prize reception was in Castle Carey. Being the representatives of the great unwashed (HMS Dolphin) we wore Tuxedos and bowties to irritate the skimmers.
This, of course, then meant we felt obliged to keep the same kit on for the sail back. We had to call into Lymington just after dawn for diesel...we had cut it a bit fine. The Customs guy in his dorey (them were the days) was a tad bemused.
robmcg
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Some people go ashore looking the part, I suppose that's part of the whole sailing thing for them. My shore gear is whatever doesn't smell too strongly of boat, or what I was wearing when I arrived. Did enjoy eating my chips in Fowey a few years back and seeing a seagull take a remarkably accurate dump over a guy's white quba Sails jacket. Made my evening.
prv
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Indeed, using the American term for dinner jackets over here mildly annoys me too
When I helped deliver the new fleet to Kiel, down the Baltic in February with the boats iced into their berths, the Royal Signals crew arrived at and departed from every port all dressed in shorts to make some kind of point.
Pete
doris
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Tut tut. I thought that half his age plus seven was the appropriate age of a gentleman's squeeze.
jimmyk
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gentleman black tie. ladies as fashion and good taste etc etc
Robert Wilson
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" A horsey man a-foot, is a footy man a-horse" was what my father taught me. S'pose the same goes for "floaters".
Decent pair of trousers (clean) clean shirt, (tie in pocket in case of a "tut tut" at the restaurant/bar). Shoes commensurable with the terrain/carpets.
Decent pair of trousers (clean) clean shirt, (tie in pocket in case of a "tut tut" at the restaurant/bar). Shoes commensurable with the terrain/carpets.
Fantasie 19
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I am without a doubt always invariably scruffy on the boat, or off it, but I have one story that should set the story right about Cowes yacht clubs.. last year we went for an early visit to Cowes on my friends boat, suffice to say that I was wearing my very best tat that day - old trainers, paint spattered (but pink) sweatshirt, "wanky cap", and the jeans with the holes caused by a small acid spill from a battery..
In my defence I had only expected a sail, and a pie and a pint in a pub, but we ended up in the Island Sailing Club who batted not an eye when I walked through the door... clearly far more polite than I was, turning up looking like a tramp
Nice lunch too - and a fantastic pint...
AndrewfromFal
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Did a bit of crewing for the owner of a very large yacht, who invariably went ashore barefoot in scuffed jeans and an old billabong T-shirt. - With a tan just on the turn of burning, and a few days growth of beard he looked more like an aged surfer than a yachtie, but seemed surprisingly welcome in most places, although occasionally he was asked to leave the can of beer he was sipping outside whatever Yacht club/restaurant/etc we went to.
This was generally before whichever establishment he were in had any idea of the size of his yacht / wallet, I hasten to add. - Charisma goes a long way......
AndrewfromFal
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Got refused entry to a Nightclub in Jersey because I wasn't wearing a suit / blazer. Was back in the 90s, but the whole place felt more like a particularly uptight part of pre-war England.
jimmyk
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where can you buy these w~anking caps. sounds my cup of tea
RobbieW
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Dress to the right when going ashore, dressing to the left is strictly for onboard liaisons 
dylanwinter
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all this getting thrown out of places
I dress in a way that will ensure that I do not get thrown out of the queue at the chippy
Nights don't comer merrier than those experienced while voyaging KTL style
One bloke sent me some snaps of the inside of his yacht
he has a pot noodle rack behind the bunk
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I dress in a way that will ensure that I do not get thrown out of the queue at the chippy
Nights don't comer merrier than those experienced while voyaging KTL style
One bloke sent me some snaps of the inside of his yacht
he has a pot noodle rack behind the bunk
D
jac
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Got refused entry to a club in Leicester because I was wearing smart trousers, not Jeans. Was with SWMBO so we swapped trousers and got let in.
Robert Wilson
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robmcg
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How does one obtain such a pot noodle rack? :encouragement:
JumbleDuck
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It's a little rude to refer to a forty five year old woman as a girl.
jimi
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Just like this
