Cobra
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Especially when the average is calculated from a rather paltry sample of 530 people on-line!
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Discuss!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
What is so great about the average yachtsman?
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jimi
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I thought he had a great arse!
Evadne
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Are you two twins? You seem to look very alike.
Cobra
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That is a malicious statement sir! I have instructed my solicitors Fleecem Grabbit and Runne to contact you about compensation for such a defamatory remark!
I would like it to be known I have NEVER eaten or tangled with a Fray Bentos pie!
I would like it to be known I have NEVER eaten or tangled with a Fray Bentos pie!
Moonfish
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With a Uk circulation of -/+ 82,000 readers, surely a sample of greater than 530 could have been achieved, to represent a more accurate description of the average yachtsman/woman....mind almost as accurate as the forthcoming general election.
Also as mindblowing as a concept /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Mind cheaper to do an online survey of 530 peeps /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Also as mindblowing as a concept /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Mind cheaper to do an online survey of 530 peeps /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
jhr
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Like all gentlemen of taste and discernment, he keeps his (admittedly average) boat on the Beaulieu River ;o)
jimi
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You've got a nice arse as well ... reputedly a prerequisite for mooring on the Beaulieu?
jhr
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reputedly a prerequisite for mooring on the Beaulieu?
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Absolutely essential! Something to do with Droit de Seigneur. Allegedly.
reputedly a prerequisite for mooring on the Beaulieu?
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Absolutely essential! Something to do with Droit de Seigneur. Allegedly.
ghostwriter
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AVERAGE , are U kidding me ?
sorry guys, but as a furriner allow me to remark that if "the AVERAGE British yachtsman" exists, little red goblins running around on Mars' surface suddenly become a certainty too /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
there is no such thing as an average Brit, is there ? (except for Dame Edna of course, but he/ she's "hors categorie")
sorry guys, but as a furriner allow me to remark that if "the AVERAGE British yachtsman" exists, little red goblins running around on Mars' surface suddenly become a certainty too /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
there is no such thing as an average Brit, is there ? (except for Dame Edna of course, but he/ she's "hors categorie")
Cobra
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WRONG!!!
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Like all gentlemen of taste and discernment, he keeps his (admittedly average) boat on the Beaulieu River ;o)
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The average Yachtsman would NEVER desert the East Coast for the South Coast...most of them seem to desert the South Coast and come round the corner to clutter up our bit of water!
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Like all gentlemen of taste and discernment, he keeps his (admittedly average) boat on the Beaulieu River ;o)
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The average Yachtsman would NEVER desert the East Coast for the South Coast...most of them seem to desert the South Coast and come round the corner to clutter up our bit of water!
jimi
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Tight git perverts
Aha presumably you'd contest that the standard deviation of the british yottie population from the mean is larger than average
Aha presumably you'd contest that the standard deviation of the british yottie population from the mean is larger than average
jhr
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Ah, but
I lived in Hertfordshire as a young child, and Dad kept his East Anglian One Design at Brightlingsea.
Moved dahn Sarf at the age of seven, to make the astonishing discovery that sea water wasn't meant to be brown.
I lived in Hertfordshire as a young child, and Dad kept his East Anglian One Design at Brightlingsea.
Moved dahn Sarf at the age of seven, to make the astonishing discovery that sea water wasn't meant to be brown.
jimi
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Young child
when does a young child become an old child?
when does a young child become an old child?
Cobra
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Re: Ah, but
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I lived in Hertfordshire as a young child, and Dad kept his East Anglian One Design at Brightlingsea.
Moved dahn Sarf at the age of seven, to make the astonishing discovery that sea water wasn't meant to be brown.
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Proof positive! You have moved from Gods own pond(and mud flats!) and have even deserted the class and style that your father tried to instill in you with the EAOD and have ended up driving a small stinky on the crowded South Coast! Obviously sir, you are NOT an average Yachtsman!
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I lived in Hertfordshire as a young child, and Dad kept his East Anglian One Design at Brightlingsea.
Moved dahn Sarf at the age of seven, to make the astonishing discovery that sea water wasn't meant to be brown.
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Proof positive! You have moved from Gods own pond(and mud flats!) and have even deserted the class and style that your father tried to instill in you with the EAOD and have ended up driving a small stinky on the crowded South Coast! Obviously sir, you are NOT an average Yachtsman!
jhr
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Re: Young child
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when does a young child become an old child?
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Shortly before s/he becomes a Young Adult?
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when does a young child become an old child?
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Shortly before s/he becomes a Young Adult?
jimi
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Re: Ah, but
Just shows how crappy the east coast and it inbred denizens are, that this poor soul has sought refuge in the [censored] [not nice] [you've gone too far this time, sonny]
Just shows how crappy the east coast and it inbred denizens are, that this poor soul has sought refuge in the [censored] [not nice] [you've gone too far this time, sonny]
jhr
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Re: Ah, but
I'm well below average!
The EAOD was a lovely boat. She moved South with us and we sold her to a guy who kept her on the Hamble for many years. Not sure what has happened to her since, but having just put her name into the MARS database and found a craft matching her description, I think she's probably still around somewhere.
I'm well below average!
The EAOD was a lovely boat. She moved South with us and we sold her to a guy who kept her on the Hamble for many years. Not sure what has happened to her since, but having just put her name into the MARS database and found a craft matching her description, I think she's probably still around somewhere.
ChrisE
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Yes, you all live 60 miles from the sea, it's a bloody miracle that any of you ever see your boats let alone sail on them. And as for those of us that live by our boats I guess that we are the above average yachtsmen? Did I ever tell you how good Lymington is?
Lakesailor
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What is so great about the average yachtsman?
By definition the average yachtsman can't be great . They are <u>average</u> .
By definition the average yachtsman can't be great . They are <u>average</u> .
Peppermint
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Re: It\'s another world..
..to the one I sail in.
Firstly small sample surveys are always a bit dodgy. This one is out of kilter with my experiences in a number of areas.
The level of qualification and boat ownership seems quite high. I'd sail with maybe 80 people a year, few of whom would have a qualification or own a boat. I mean very few, like 10%.
It's a fact that much of the growth in yachting is based on the semi detached sailor. They don't want to own a boat, they don't mind hiring a skipper, they don't regularly read yachting mags.
What we have here is a survey, with a small sample, of a special interest group. Yachting Monthly readers with computers. It's fun but I wouldn't base my business plan on it.
..to the one I sail in.
Firstly small sample surveys are always a bit dodgy. This one is out of kilter with my experiences in a number of areas.
The level of qualification and boat ownership seems quite high. I'd sail with maybe 80 people a year, few of whom would have a qualification or own a boat. I mean very few, like 10%.
It's a fact that much of the growth in yachting is based on the semi detached sailor. They don't want to own a boat, they don't mind hiring a skipper, they don't regularly read yachting mags.
What we have here is a survey, with a small sample, of a special interest group. Yachting Monthly readers with computers. It's fun but I wouldn't base my business plan on it.