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**Don C L** · 01-06-2016, 11:55

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Originally Posted by reed1v

Watching Thelma and Louise have you? We usually use rags to wipe our hands rather than our clothing. Try it.

Never trust a skinny chef or a sailor with a clean hat.

reed1v · 01-06-2016, 11:59

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Originally Posted by Don C L

Never trust a skinny chef or a sailor with a clean hat.

Will agree with the skinny chef part.

Celestialsailor · 01-06-2016, 12:12

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Originally Posted by reed1v

Each to their own attitudes. We noticed that professional captains, even on a fishing boat, would wear their hats into the port offices where others were also wearing their hats. Its a courtesy thing that we picked up on. Shows respect, but of course most Americans are unfamiliar with that concept when abroad. Not sure being jovial is a good thing. In the Persian Gulf area, it shows a decided lack of respect, that you are not taking them serious. Perhaps you have not traveled to those parts?

I think you're probably living in a time forgot...

https://youtu.be/AOFwpLIBM8c

reed1v · 01-06-2016, 12:36

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Originally Posted by Celestialsailor

I think you're probably living in a time forgot...

https://youtu.be/AOFwpLIBM8c

Quite true. fifty years is a long time ago. Which is why we retired to an island. Yet, some parts of the world have remained mostly the same, and some have even reverted to olden times.

**sailorchic34** · 01-06-2016, 12:44

Guess I'll never be a real captain. My floppy hat and flip flops are pretty much all I wear. Well that and a blouse and shorts.

I really have not seen anyone in California wearing a captains hat. It would knock my socks off (if I wore socks) if I did. Not sure a captains hat is part of American culture. The USA guys I see wear Tilly hats or cane hats.

reed1v · 01-06-2016, 12:49

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Originally Posted by sailorchic34

Guess I'll never be a real captain. My floppy hat and flip flops are pretty much all I wear. Well that and a blouse and shorts.

I really have not seen anyone in California wearing a captains hat. It would knock my socks off (if I wore socks) if I did. Not sure a captains hat is part of American culture. The USA guys I see wear Tilly hats or cane hats.

Reread our discussion previously, please. Was not talking about American, nor European countries; was talking about second and third world countries and ports. You want to wear shorts in Port Said?

zeehag · 01-06-2016, 12:54

Originally Posted by reed1v View Post
Each to their own attitudes. We noticed that professional captains, even on a fishing boat, would wear their hats into the port offices where others were also wearing their hats. Its a courtesy thing that we picked up on. Shows respect, but of course most Americans are unfamiliar with that concept when abroad. Not sure being jovial is a good thing. In the Persian Gulf area, it shows a decided lack of respect, that you are not taking them serious. Perhaps you have not traveled to those parts?

what i noticed is that professionals who EARN their hats remove them indoors and when ladies are present.

unless in a rowdy meeting of their own kind

PirateBarnabus · 01-06-2016, 12:56

Everything is relative.
When I had a small private plane, I shunned GPS when it came out. I was a die hard map and compass man and used a stop watch to navigate everywhere. When GPS came along I found people who could pass as the village idiot flying around Europe where previously, they wouldn't fly 2 miles from the airfield. I scorned these pathetic individuals and saw them as a danger to themselves and anyone around.
Moving on 20 years. I have just crossed the Atlantic and am now enjoying cruising around the Caribbean.
Have I mastered the sextant? Well er... um...
Have I used only manual navigation...... Well er um...
Or er um.. At all?
So you see guys you could have been my "Village idiot "

And now I am surely yours!

reed1v · 01-06-2016, 13:09

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Originally Posted by zeehag

Originally Posted by reed1v View Post
Each to their own attitudes. We noticed that professional captains, even on a fishing boat, would wear their hats into the port offices where others were also wearing their hats. Its a courtesy thing that we picked up on. Shows respect, but of course most Americans are unfamiliar with that concept when abroad. Not sure being jovial is a good thing. In the Persian Gulf area, it shows a decided lack of respect, that you are not taking them serious. Perhaps you have not traveled to those parts?

what i noticed is that professionals who EARN their hats remove them indoors and when ladies are present.

unless in a rowdy meeting of their own kind

If you ever sail to Africa, the Near East, or even the Far East, you will be in for a surprise. Also one does not "earn" one's hat; one's hat is considered to reflect what you do in most parts of the world.

I keep forgetting this board is not about cruising abroad but in home waters most of the time.

Cadence · 01-06-2016, 13:10

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Originally Posted by PirateBarnabus

Everything is relative.
When I had a small private plane, I shunned GPS when it came out. I was a die hard map and compass man and used a stop watch to navigate everywhere. When GPS came along I found people who could pass as the village idiot flying around Europe where previously, they wouldn't fly 2 miles from the airfield. I scorned these pathetic individuals and saw them as a danger to themselves and anyone around.
Moving on 20 years. I have just crossed the Atlantic and am now enjoying cruising around the Caribbean.
Have I mastered the sextant? Well er... um...
Have I used only manual navigation...... Well er um...
Or er um.. At all?
So you see guys you could have been my "Village idiot "

And now I am surely yours!

**Hudson Force** · 01-06-2016, 13:13

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Originally Posted by reed1v

Reread our discussion previously, please. Was not talking about American, nor European countries; was talking about second and third world countries and ports. You want to wear shorts in Port Said?

Like most threads this is a dynamic conversation that no one person can define.
We have pilots, old hockey players, gas vs. diesel and now shorts in Port Said. It's never the role of any one person to define or restrict the topic.

I do agree that it's best to adapt to your cruising locale. If I cruise in California I'm going to need to find out what a tilly hat is!

robert sailor · 01-06-2016, 13:25

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Originally Posted by Hudson Force

Like most threads this is a dynamic conversation that no one person can define.
We have pilots, old hockey players, gas vs. diesel and now shorts in Port Said. It's never the role of any one person to define or restrict the topic.

I do agree that it's best to adapt to your cruising locale. If I cruise in California I'm going to need to
out what a tilly hat is!

A Tilly hat is a reasonable quality, expensive cotton hat made in Canada, where all things cool come from.

**Don C L** · 01-06-2016, 13:26

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Originally Posted by PirateBarnabus

Everything is relative.
When I had a small private plane, I shunned GPS when it came out. I was a die hard map and compass man and used a stop watch to navigate everywhere. When GPS came along I found people who could pass as the village idiot flying around Europe where previously, they wouldn't fly 2 miles from the airfield. I scorned these pathetic individuals and saw them as a danger to themselves and anyone around.
Moving on 20 years. I have just crossed the Atlantic and am now enjoying cruising around the Caribbean.
Have I mastered the sextant? Well er... um...
Have I used only manual navigation...... Well er um...
Or er um.. At all?
So you see guys you could have been my "Village idiot "

And now I am surely yours!

Ah don't feel bad, this newfangled stuff is sinfully seductive.