Watching sailor habits from ashore halfway round the world...

[sailorcherry]

Is kinda fun. I'm staying at a seafront villa perched about 150' above the water with the most amazing views of the Med. I see a few different boats cruise by every hour. It's interesting to see the habits or different ways of cruising out here. I suppose it currently makes me a lounge chair sailor

For example, whether it be calm or over 25kts here on the Med I often see sailors towing their dinghies, sometimes two even while in heavy weather. I rarely see davits here and it took me a couple of days to figure out why. Then it dawned on me - duh Med mooring!

Also, at my home cruising grounds we sometimes tie a line to shore like they do here. I saw some yachties (the term for cruisers out here) using webbing line - good idea. It is maybe stronger and looks easier to clean?

Anyway, thought I'd throw out a discussion.

What has struck you as unique or gave you some new ideas while cruising outside your regular cruising grounds?

Cheers,
SC