We are privileged.

[Sybarite]

Yesterday I dropped people off at the Calais Ferry and then thought I would take advantage of the beach for a while.

While relaxing, one very noisy family with whining kids placed themselves about 10 feet behind me. Later, another person with 3 kids put her towel down - I'm not kidding - 4 feet from mine. Sonny dropped his foam surf board on my ear...

The great advantage of a boat is that you can get away from it all - choose your island or a cove innaccesible from the road. This is priceless for me - especially when one has to contend with crowds and traffic jams during the week - and you don't need a big or expensive boat to do this.

A boat on the water represents a haven from the hassles and petty bureaucracies of everyday life. It's worth defending from the ever-creeping tide of regulation.

It's a real privilege.

John

Politics = Poli (many) tics (blood suckers)

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[mikewilkes]

Yer bloody grate int it!!!!

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[Peppermint]

Re: You do get the boaty hassel

like the quite anchorage which you've got to yourself until the late arrivals see you and anchor as close as possible to you.

But hey nothings perfect and I wouldn't change a thing.

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[numenius]

This is a phenomena I thought only I had noticed. It even applies to thing such as camping or parking. Pick an empty car park, park in the far corner - where does the next guy park? If you set up on a camp site which is empty, and pick the far corner, the next guy (invariably with a family of 10) will pitch within 4 feet of you. I've never understood this - I've always assumed it was some psychological result of urban and city living. I only base that on the fact that I grew up in the countryside and if arriving after someone else will pitch/anchor/park as far away as possible. Anyone any theories?

It's also one of the reasons I sail - I deal with people all day, so to get out on the sea or even our peaceful moorings is just bliss.

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[Sybarite]

What's your point?

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[mikewilkes]

your 3rd paragraph

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[Sybarite]

Your remark is apparently critical so I would appreciate knowing what it is in the 3rd paragraph you object to?

The point I am trying to make is that a boat gives us the opportunity of privacy and in that we are privileged as it is becoming more and more difficult to get away from it all.

That's all.

John

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[BrendanS]

Why is it critical? All Mike says (in plain english) is: Yes, it's great isn't it

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[mikewilkes]

You are very sensitive.
I was sitting here at work on an 18,000 tons steel cat, I could make you jealous and say in the sun - but its dark, when i read your original post.
Thought para 3 summed it up nicely that "we" grottie yotties dont have to fight for a bit of sand on the beach with the plebs. Hence the " Yer bloody grate"
I do agree with peppermint though that the quiet anchorage can become not so with late arrivals.
Still another couple of weeks then back home to my 4.5 tons steel cat.

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[mikewilkes]

Thanks Brendan you understand plain english.
May I ask where " Pitajanmaki" is?

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[Sybarite]

"Yer" to me sounds like " You are " which seemed to me to be sarcastic... I'm sorry if this is not what was intended.

John

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[BrendanS]

Uhhm! Finland, but don't take that too seriously, as you can see by the rest my profile! <g>

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[DavidofMersea]

Why privileged?

I don't see myself as "Privilaged" because I have a boat. I also have a very nice house on the beach, and sometimes people say "aren't you lucky". I worked hard, earnt the money, and bought these things - What is privilaged/lucky about that?

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[BrendanS]

Re: Why privileged?

I think you are being rather picky. It's a wonderful thing to do, and those on the beach, for many reasons, cannot. We boat owners and users, can do things that those without boats cannot. I often pass tourist boats from Lymington going out to see the Needles, and think how they must be enjoying themselves, and how fortunate to do it on countless occasions each year I am. Use of the seas in your own boat is undoubtedly a privilege - whether earnt by hardwork or not

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[charles_reed]

Why bother at all

with a beach - nasty sandy places which make the boat filthy, crawling with noisy hoi-polloi, who offend eye and ear.

Far better to anchor off - and why david are you so sensitive, has priveledge suddenly become non-PC?

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[BrianJ]

Re: Did I

Miss something..???? did the Poms get thrashed by someone in some sport again ??why all the negative ,picky , unwarranted answers to a post.. perhaps nothing for you to do on a Sunday.. suggest you all go to Church , if you are not out on the water , or on the beach....
BrianJ

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[powerskipper]

I think we all go boating because we can get to places others can't easily and often with only the company we chose to take, and to me that is a luxury that many others don't have, So I speak for me here . I love it, to me its the ultimate get away from it all. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[SteveGorst]

Re: Why privileged?

What is privilaged/lucky about that?

To live in a country where you have the opportunity to do so maybe. I'm not saying we are the best country in the world but if you had been born in a third world country such as the Sudan or Chad do you think all your hard work would have paid off so well?

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[StugeronSteve]

Re: Did I

Went to Church and the beach (lake one this weekend though) and, unless I was mistaken, it looked from the highlights as if the "Poms" were doing a reasonable job of thrashing the Windies yesterday!

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[mikewilkes]

There seem very few profiles that have much info in them.
Perhaps we should encourage peeps to be more open??
BTW I quite fancies a bit of nipples tweeking, got any jobs guv????

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