Stupid Questions we get asked

[highslice]

Can I drive?

I only have one friend who asks this, and it is the one friend that i'd never let drive.


Are you really w1ngless?

That would explain a lot!

 

[Big Al]

It was mentioned before, but I get the usual:

- How much does the boat cost (A lot)
- How much gas (Much more)
- Can I drive (Sure, do you know what to do in case of a problem ?)


I got also:

- What happened if the boat sinks (don't know, never happened to me ....yet)
- If the boat sinks does it goes to the bottom ? (No, there are sea angels holding the boat)
- Why such a big antenna ? (because I have a big boat)
- After signaling my arrival at a marina using the VHF: Wow , someone knew you were coming and was waiting for your call all that time ? (Yep, I am a VIP)
- Why does your boat better looking than the one next to you ? (Because it is a Sea Ray)
- The yellow cable attached between your boat and the pod is not very long , what do you do when it is fully stretched ? (I come back to the dock)

 

[fc3]

Drinking takes all my concentration.

Wow!

Oh, it's a bayliner guy on a lake.

 

[skolbe]

Do you use the CB on your boat?

 

[impactg]

lol...

I have to concentrate when I'm drinking at the trailer park as well. Too many distractions... like all the Fords on blocks and illegitimate children running around.

 

[Sundancer]

I was pulling the 300 DA out at Priest Lake and I was adding the Wide Load signs front and back. A guy walking by asks, "You tow a boat that big?" I responded with, "Only to the airport so I can fly it home." He scratched his head, backed up and took pictures. LOL!!!

 

[Iprof]

I've been asked this one a lot.

How do you ever find your way back to the marina?

Another; What's the deepest water you can go in?

AND THE DUMBEST QUESTION

With gas being so expensive ($4.60 a gallon) have you thought about selling the boat and buying a SAIL BOAT?


Ken

 

[sotaman]

I was out on the boat last weekend. A storm blew in, rain, wind, big swell, everything. I am taking my time getting back to the inlet (where there is a lighthouse). One of the young guys on the boat turns to me and asks "Do you think we'll make it back in OK?" I just told him that is always in my plan!

 

[Vince_nj1]

I was cruising along in NY Harbor with a first time boater who asked: "Hey can you pull over, I need to use the bathroom"

 

[wish2fish]

I get this one all the time!

"Do you think people with boating blogs are bit pretentious?" :grin:

 

[berth control]

How big of waves can that thing take?

or

What's the biggest wave's you've ever been in?

 

[Happy Hour IV]

Not live-aboard but, In my slip against the sea wall in Dana Point, Ca with the public walking by all the time. Husband and wife walking by with two kids. The kids are asking dad a million questions and he is answering as if he were the worlds boating expert. 99% wrong about everything. He tells his kids that the boat is about 40 feet long but makes the mistake of yelling "hey mister, how big is your boat ?". I play dumb and yell to my wife "how big is our boat ?". She plays along perfectly, leans around the arch from the cockpit and reply's "Not sure honey but I think maybe 34 feet" as she points to the 340 emblem on the arch.

Mister expert Dad hustled the kids off as his wife stayed behind an chuckled.

My wife and I would have handled it differently if he had not come across as such an expert.