Should a mobo skipper always give way to raggies

[DAKA]

No this is not meant as a serious post but certain moboers seem hell bent on having an argument today so they may as well get stuck into something that REALLY MATTERS

So you are proceeding along the pontoon with your trolley laden with beer and you come head to head with 6 'all male' raggies pushing a trolley with kit bags, sails and a pile of 1970's moccasins .

With equal distance to the closest passing point who should yield ?

 

[SpottyDog5]

Col regs dont stand up on the pontoons, might is right.....

 

[prv]

Pontoon is wide enough for two trolleys if you're careful - both keep going, exchange polite greetings as you pass. Sorry, no drama here

Pete

 

[blueglass]

'all male' raggies

is this a reference to raggies testosterone levels or to the fact that most raggie crews are male because their wimin can't accept the discomfort and general unpleasantness of raggie cruising?

 

[Ripster]

The beer always, regardless of who it is. I thought beer always had the right of way on a pontoon.

 

[DAKA]

Col regs dont stand up on the pontoons, might is right.....

Which is going to win the might battle, trolley load of beer or trolley full of 6 x raggie kit

 

[DAKA]

Pontoon is wide enough for two trolleys if you're careful - both keep going, exchange polite greetings as you pass. Sorry, no drama here

Pete

OOOps forgot to mention there is a set of sails drying on the pontoon causing a partial blockage

 

[colingr]

Pontoon is wide enough for two trolleys if you're careful - both keep going, exchange polite greetings as you pass. Sorry, no drama here

Pete

Ah but since the pontoon is like a narrow channel the raggies will start tacking at random as the mobo beer approaches

 

[DAKA]

is this a reference to raggies testosterone levels or to the fact that most raggie crews are male because their wimin can't accept the discomfort and general unpleasantness of raggie cruising?

I only added that bit as obviously you are going to step to the side and wait while babes wiggle past the protruding bows .

 

[DAKA]

The beer always, regardless of who it is. I thought beer always had the right of way on a pontoon.

thats my thought to be honest, trolley full of beer means you are heading out, may have a tide to catch, if they are coming the opposite way they are coming back in ,then they should shift , pronto !

 

[Bertramdriver]

Give no quarter. Beer trumps all and being yotties they'll know that instinctively.

 

[ThamesBoater]

This kind of thing never happens where I am. Thanks to the A27 and railway bridges.

 

[SpottyDog5]

Which is going to win the might battle, trolley load of beer or trolley full of 6 x raggie kit

Raggie kit is worthless to me.....

 

[jfm]

What's a pontoon?
Why is boat equipment in a trolley (unless we're in a supermarket)?
Why isn't the boat gear all sorted out beforehand or after they've gone home?
Why are shoes for when you're boating?
Why isn't the mobo-er's beer already on his boat?

 

[wipe_out]

I think anyone would know that beer exposed to warm air on it's passage to the next fridge is of equivalent urgency to the RNLI responding to a mayday.. The more concerning question would be, is the fridge cold?

 

[blueglass]

I only added that bit as obviously you are going to step to the side and wait while babes wiggle past the protruding bows .

Make sure its only the bows that are protruding.

 

[DAKA]

What's a pontoon?
Why is boat equipment in a trolley (unless we're in a supermarket)?
Why isn't the boat gear all sorted out beforehand or after they've gone home?
Why are shoes for when you're boating?
Why isn't the mobo-er's beer already on his boat?

Well pontoon can be used to refer to a game of cards but in this instance thinking more floating device as a linked conveyance to cross water like a Baily bridge

 

[oceanfroggie]

6v1 is a no brainer

 

[jac]

Time for game of chicken. Both should accelerate to ramming speed and may the best man win. Obviously the beer will add momentum but if 6 blokes are pushing the force may be too much.

Interesting spectacle whatever happens!!

 

[Houleaux]

I think anyone would know that beer exposed to warm air on it's passage to the next fridge is of equivalent urgency to the RNLI responding to a mayday.. The more concerning question would be, is the fridge cold?

No, no, no!

Proper beer should be served at room temperature.