Why is the marine industry obsessed with size?

[Tidewaiter2]

Not even for a

My wife agrees with you, she also says size is not important

Rocna?

 

[jordanbasset]

Rocna?

She said size not quality

 

[Clyde_Wanderer]

Why is it that size matter’s so much in the marine industry?

It doesn’t seem to matter so much anywhere else in life but when it comes to boats every inch counts.

If I pick up a buoy there can be only one boat on there but the bigger you are the more you pay.

If I am berthed on a finger pontoon next to a boat half my size we take up the same space but I pay far more.

If I want to be hauled out I pay far more than the half sized boat even though it takes the same amount of time and resources.

If I went to park a car in a pay car park they are not interested in what length the car is. If I buy a bus ticket, a plane ticket or a taxi I pay the same as anyone else no matter what size we are.

Why does size matter so much?

Can I sue for sizeism as I feel I am being victimised?

Nostrodamus did you not predict that before you bought a boat!
C_W

 

[Nostrodamus]

Nostrodamus did you not predict that before you bought a boat!
C_W

Just after I predicted the lottery numbers and the end of the world. Having got both wrong I have to be hauled out and use my own money to do so.
That will teach me to stop playing with my crystal balls

 

[nimbusgb]

@nostrodamus if you want to play with your balls please do so in the lounge

 

[Nostrodamus]

@nostrodamus if you want to play with your balls please do so in the lounge

Now I saw that coming

 

[alant]

My wife agrees with you, she also says size is not important

Comparing yours with who's?

 

[dulcibella]

What's a big boat, anyway? Probably similar train of logic to an alcoholic being someone who drinks more than his doctor.

 

[Tidewaiter2]

Big Boat definition

What's a big boat, anyway? Probably similar train of logic to an alcoholic being someone who drinks more than his doctor.

A 'Big Boat' is one long or wide enough so your SWMBO cannot thump you with the boathook from the bow, when you cock up fetching a buoy alongside, having told you to drive cos it's a dodgy one!