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[prr]

In the local the other night I found myself in the company of several Royal Naval Officers & Ratings.... They kept referring to yachtsmen as WAFIs....? I did'nt like to ask... Can anyone help?

 

[webcraft]

In the local the other night I found myself in the company of several Royal Naval Officers & Ratings.... They kept referring to yachtsmen as WAFIs....? I did'nt like to ask... Can anyone help?

Wind Assisted Fecking Idiots

- W

 

[2nd_apprentice]

Wind assisted f***ing idiot

 

[OGITD]

Apparently!

I have those very same (code) flags on their way to myself to be flown from my backstay.

Edit:
Just ask about the ‘Red Tanker’ incident this year the next time you see them.

 

[RobBrown]

Don't forget PAFIs too

 

[capnsensible]

In the local the other night I found myself in the company of several Royal Naval Officers & Ratings.... They kept referring to yachtsmen as WAFIs....? I did'nt like to ask... Can anyone help?

They were probably skimmer tw@ts. Ignore.

 

[OGITD]

I / We Need A 'LIKE' Button

They were probably skimmer tw@ts. Ignore.

'LIKE' !!!!!!

 

[Allan]

I find refering to them as DAFIs makes them think a little.
Allan

 

[Judders]

Well ofcourse if they're RN then their experience of yachtsmen may well be through the RNSA, second only to Scumsail for their total rejection of seamanlike behaivour, consideration of others or knowledge of colregs (or racing rules come to that) (and with far less excuses than their chartering counterparts).

Edit:
Just ask about the ‘Red Tanker’ incident this year the next time you see them.

Well yes, a perfect case in point.

 

[Allan]

I've heard that the three most useless things on a yacht are:
A spirit level,
An umbrella,
A naval officer.
Allan

 

[epervier]

Diving stations, diving stations,

A few more boats crew on these forums and we'll be able to man our own black pig.

 

[epervier]

I've heard that the three most useless things on a yacht are:
A spirit level,
An umbrella,
A naval officer.
Allan

What's wrong with an umbrella?

 

[penfold]

They were probably skimmer tw@ts. Ignore.

Targets surely?

I've heard that the three most useless things on a yacht are:
A spirit level,
An umbrella,
A naval officer.
Allan

I thought there was a wheel barrow in there somewhere?

 

[2nd_apprentice]

I've heard that the most useless things on a yacht are:
A spirit level,
An umbrella,
A naval officer.
A llan

After a bit of google I found out that "the original meaning of llan in Welsh is "an enclosed piece of land", but it later evolved to mean the parish surrounding a church." I can see how that would be inconvenient on a small boat!

 

[OGITD]

Like!

Diving stations, diving stations,
A few more boats crew on these forums and we'll be able to man our own black pig.

Did I say LIKE!

 

[nigelmercier]

In the local the other night I found myself in the company of several Royal Naval Officers & Ratings.... They kept referring to yachtsmen as WAFIs....? I did'nt like to ask... Can anyone help?

They are obviously T.O.S.S.E.R.S.

 

[Tidewaiter2]

Four out of Five can be refuted

What's wrong with an umbrella?

Originally Posted by Allan
I've heard that the most useless things on a yacht are:
A spirit level,
An umbrella,
A naval officer.
A llan

What's wrong with an umbrella?

+1- SWMBO hair do cover on way to bar/Commodore's Dinner in rain, ready use cockpit sunshade, catches bits dropped from masthead by 'monkey', first bung if prop shaft drops out....

Spirit Level- vital in a yacht that dries out regularly, used timeously, stops glasses sliding orf table, and head rubbing up against bulkhead during conjugal moments while dried out.

Llan, parish vital when in a 'Hands to prayers' situation,right patterns on the wooly pully ensure burial of torso, if/when retrieved, and for Thanks offerings to Gods of choice if prayer works!

Wheelbarrow-folding one useful, as is the spade(s) carried by skilled ditch crawlers to dig keel channel back to main channel, after 'slight transit problem/ which withy moment'.

Navel Orificer; Ah,not much use on a yacht;
probably cause of 'slight transit problem/ which withy moment', due to inability to comprehend that water turning brown indicates that chart drawn up by his great great grand father while a Middy is a load of B@@lo£ks.
Try to swop for 19C Paid Hand of Carruthers preferred type asap, or 0-hero Fast track YM capable of taking early positive action if large orange lump of iron seen approaching known manouvering area

 

[Allan]

After a bit of google I found out that "the original meaning of llan in Welsh is "an enclosed piece of land", but it later evolved to mean the parish surrounding a church." I can see how that would be inconvenient on a small boat!

Allan is Welsh for exit.
Allan

 

[Tidewaiter2]

Five out of Six then

Allan is Welsh for exit.
Allan

Also useful on a yacht- all accommodation should have two exits in case of fire, flood, collission, 'serious domestic', etc

Night All, or Nosdau

 

[doug748]

The use of pejorative language within small groups has long been weighed up by the social psychologists; check out social group theory . These boys would say it is less to do with the shortcomings of yachtsmen but rather the need for individuals to cement their position within the group and the need to foster group identity.

So when you go into the boatyard to ask for a haul out and the foreman shouts over his shoulder: “Ere Bert, bloke here thinks he is going to get his boat out before Christmas, he'll be lucky” He is not just being rude, he is saying:
I am in charge here, this is my place.
I am not on my own, my sub group includes Bert in the portacabin.
We say what gets done and when – we are the professionals.
.. a bit like pissin on a lamp post

You see it all the time on these pages ( not pissin on a lamp post ,of course )

There are some striking examples of how far people will go in order in order to reference themselves to a particular group; aeroplanes crashed, boats sunk and the rest.