Sailboaters Stereotype

[boatman61]

[QUOTE=SaltyMonkey;807865]Two types - neither of which you wanna spend too much time around:

- Braggard, self indigent and righteous, always have an opinion, yet fail miserably themselves based on their "experience", and 90% of the time drinking and out of shape.
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Have we met....??

[GeoPowers]

"Sea Carnies"...good one! Actually, I think that would make a fun boat name. Then again I'd take most of these "shots" as a compliment.

[zeehag]

rofl... i save one set of gooood clothes for checking into places and useally wear out my leisure clothing---as f or preppy look--isnt just reserved for n.e. sailor types---look at kalifornikation and the snotty yotties therein-- enough to make ye barf (international yuppieville).... i will continue to wear my rag shirts in protest..LOL

[SaltyMonkey]

[QUOTE=boatman61;808477]

Originally Posted by SaltyMonkey

Two types - neither of which you wanna spend too much time around:

- Braggard, self indigent and righteous, always have an opinion, yet fail miserably themselves based on their "experience", and 90% of the time drinking and out of shape.
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Have we met....??

[perchance]

Don't forget the all important "cheap bastards".

[David_Old_Jersey]

Originally Posted by IslandHopper

Nah...can't say i have ever come across this problem....

During my Saddam Hussein hiding in a hole phase



People do react differently according to appearance.........fun to mess with!

Over here no real divide between Sail and Power (apart from the usual wake issue - but that more an unthinking asshat thing than boat specific).

Any divide is more between those with big / new (ish) shiny boats and those without.........never used to be like that boats were a great social leveller (Lawyer or Dustmen didn't matter as long as relationship based around boats), but that all before Marinas and when "Big" boats were not so big, nor a status symbol for those with money - and those just pretending

[zeehag]

but, david--yer a lot cuter than hussein ever was........

oh yes--cheap bastids/pinche gringos!!!!!! lol...

[webejammin]

Originally Posted by ozskipper

Water hippies.

Water hippie with a catamaran that's been me sence my Hobie 16 cat days in the early 1970's now a great crusing catamaran living my dream.

[larryb]

The lifestyle evolves itself. The less we need, the less we use, the less we need to work, the more we get to cruise. The only reason I am working is because I currently do not own a sailboat, arrrgh, but the day draws near. I agree with GeoPowers, I think if I have to rename my next boat it may very well be 'sea carnie'.

[rognvald]

A stereotype often seen in the Bahamas yearly carnival:

Him-- retired,soft-mannered, bearded male on a pension that anxiously follows other soft-mannered bearded males and their wives from one destination to another. The chosen leader is normally the one with the largest boat and is on a timetable.

Her-- retired, oxen-legged female with a butch haircut that steers the boat in and out of marinas as her she-man tends the lines. She normally brings party franks and beans to a potluck and is known to scrape her plate.

Of course, these are fictionalized characters all in the spirit of humor and fun! P.C. approved. Good luck and good sailing, Ron

[Noname]

I'm glad I sailed the Bahamas before those people showed up. Imagine someone with a beard and being soft-mannered. Hummphh! The nerve! And women scraping their plates. What's this world coming to??

[coyfish9906]

I don't even have a plate to scrape....that's how rich folk live...I eat out of the cup my ramen comes in...lol

[Target9000]

Originally Posted by rognvald

Her-- retired, oxen-legged female with a butch haircut that steers the boat in and out of marinas as her she-man tends the lines. She normally brings party franks and beans to a potluck and is known to scrape her plate.

Does she have cloven hooves instead of feet?

[rognvald]

Originally Posted by Target9000

Does she have cloven hooves instead of feet?

So you've been there, my friend! Good luck and good sailing, Ron

[Noname]

Originally Posted by coyfish9906

I don't even have a plate to scrape....that's how rich folk live...I eat out of the cup my ramen comes in...lol

When I was growin up in the Appalachian Foothills in the 1950's we didn't have Ramen, we ate Gummint food, the free stuff: canned beef, powdered milk, 5 lb. blocks of processed cheese and stuff. It kept us from starving. I worked from 10 yrs old till 66 and enjoyed it, but griped alot, too. I ain't in the 1%, but the 47 or 53% or whatever. I don't understand the 99% folks that want Gummint everything handed to them. I like to stop in marinas as well as swing on the hook. I don't eschew marinas with megayachts. I pulled my little 31 footer right up beside a 150 ft megayacht at Charleston Municipal and enjoyed the same services as they did and I didn't apologize for being middle class. The people that defend our country are middle class. I don't believe rich folk are all bad. Just a thought......