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I have noticed over the past few years that more and more people do not wave. Why is that? On Saturday we were coming on the back side of bear and saw a small boat crossing from the mainland. I slowed and let the boat have the right of way. No wave or anything.
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but not everyone returns the wave.
![]() Same thing can be said about the country roads of Vermont. Back in the "good ole days" we'd head up to our families place on Lake Champlain and we'd get off the highway at Burlington and weave our way up to St Alabans along the back roads and along route 7 and everyone walking along the roads would wave at us. I'd ask my dad who these people were - and how did we know them?" He'd simply say - "they are just friendly people" - and he'd wave right back at them! Not many people walking anymore along those roads (we were just up recently.) Some of the older ones still wave - but not nearly everyone!! Those days are gone.... ![]() The world is just a less friendly place. |
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Hey cowisl,
Here's one vote for.....i always wave! lp |
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I always wave as well. It goes so far that my brother in law asked if I knew everyone, but I told him boaters wave to everyone.
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There was a commercial on TV in the last few years where a family was waving at everyone -- from the car, in the supermarket, to people they didn't know, etc, etc... It was a commercial to promote boating.
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It is getting to the point now that people will look the other way just so that they do not have to wave. Some times I can get a little obnoxious and keep waving
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Real boaters wave. People borrowing other people's boats return blank looks...
We became boaters about 7 years ago. I was amazed when people would wave at us. I had no idea that it was a long-standing custom, sort of like a "Jeep wave". I now wave when I'm out on the boat. Almost everyone smiles and waves back, especially the children. It's great. |
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I usually wave or nod, but lately have succumbed to using the middle finger for the countless morons that do not know what 150' is.
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I'll generally nod my head or wave if I'm passing close-enough to another boat where you can make out facial features. This is generally when LESS than 150', as in when going through the Weirs channel, etc.
I wouldn't mind waving at more people, but it seems to get a bit distracting from keeping a proper lookout... |
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to me the other day as he was speeding through the no wake zone by Trexler's. The only problem is his wave was in response to my universal "slow down" hand signal. He was ignorant of the law, but he was friendly
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Hate to make it a local/tourist issue,but most locals look you right in the eye and nod or speak as you pass.When the summer people show up,many of them deliberately glance away so as not to make eye contact.Must be a city thing....not knowing if some weirdo is going to snap or start following you.
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I'd have to agree more with kjbathe than samiam. It really is a "boating thing". I'm not a local, but I wave to everyone I pass. Just happy to be out on the boat enjoying something I love and glad to see others probably feeling the same way. Incidentally, I'm from the Boston area, where some the rudest people on the planet live, and when I'm boating out on Boston Harbor, most people wave back there too.
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p.s. - I remember that boating commercial. It was really funny !!! I knew the commercial was for something boating related as soon as i saw it.
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Yep, growing up on the lake we always waved and everyone. but everyone, waved back. Now, I am surprise if half wave back so I don't bother any more, which makes me sad. If someone waves, I wave back though and figure they must be old time boaters on the lake, or just friendly. However, what amazes me is when you are going slow, are eye to eye and you wave because you are staring at each other, and they don't wave back!
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A couple of years back, I was leaving West alton Marina. While going through the channel between the sand bars, two young woman saluted every boat that passed, with similar results as what has happened to the wave. I stood up, saluted back, and was immediately rewarded with the two of them flashing thier ****. As the years have gone by those two women have become cuter every year. Just a memory. Dont want to hear whether it was appropriate or not, People just having fun.
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Note to self: practice salute.
I am a hard core motorcyclist and I have noticed that as the weather warms and the occasional bikers come out, the wavebacks decrease. Every biker waves back in NH, in January... |
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I wave all the time and find that most of the boaters I wave to, either wave back or nod. The wave is still strong on the big lake!
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Now you have to admit that if you waved at every biker passing you by over the past week or so you'd spend your entire day doing nothing but waving.
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'Course, I avoid bike week like the plague. I like to ride at a spirited pace, alone. Bike week just clogs the good roads with slow moving clusters of bikes and the boring roads with stopped clusters of bikes. ![]() ![]() |
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I find that Bike Week on the boat is fine, we make one pass down the channel to see the crowds. Then go find some nice place to hang out and enjoy the day. I still find myself waving to bikes and boats. Once in awhile I even wave to bikers when in my car, just out of habit. |
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I always make a habit to wave, to blondes with DD's! Plus I blow them a kiss!
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I'm offended Jeti!! What about us brunettes with DDs?? Kidding people - just kidding.
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I am a waver on the boat almost always (not in the Weirs channel or other crazy busy places) and on the bike until around June 1- at that point if I were waving to every bike that went by my arm would fall off- especially if riding on roads that circumvent Winni! Once I get onto the more back roads like 153, 113, 171, etc, I start waving again. |
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Your right I got two hands I can wave them both! I love them all.......
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Saugus Boater.. of course you wave. You're from a cool place like Saugus, like me
![]() ![]() I think we need to expand this into the different "types" of waves. I'm old enough to remember the "Jackie Kennedy" elbow at 90 degrees, sunglasses, scraf on the head, rotating back and forth with no finger movement. ( I'll bet there is a youtube video out there someplace) ![]() Then you have the "Little baby wave".. first one most of us learned, hand straight up.. just bending the fingers.. no thumb bending. Admit it. some of you are trying those two as you read this. ![]() Me, I wave from the boat all the time.. I use the sort of "One side of a high five" wave. Sorta like a one handed set shot. (which most likely hit the rim and bounced off! ) ![]() Humm.. what about the "ballpark wave" ? Maybe too tough to pull off in a boat unless your rafting. Does the whole YMCA deal by the Village People count as a wave?
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SteveA,
i strongly agree with the title of your last post. This thread is a great subject. Very refreshing to read a light and funny thread. Especially after reading all the rude and crass comments on the Diamond Island Boat accident thread. ![]() p.s.- i had a nice steak 'n cheese for you the other day over at "the Villa" ![]() |
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ticking off the High Jack Police.
![]() I really do miss Sub Villa... So to stay on post... wave to the fine folks at Sub Villa for me next time you drive down Route 1 in Saugus. ![]()
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Some tasty roads. Add 118, 26, 145, 113A, Hurricane Mt Road and Winona Road to that list too. I was on the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton Island NS, Canada last month and they were repaving it. Gonna be sweet soon. I wave on the boat as well. |
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I was born a New Yorker.. We never waved.... I moved to Mass.. Became a boater..... Then we waved....
I am now a weekend NH resident. I finally know the joy of waving.... I wave to all boaters.... I even wave to walkers on route 11 D... and they all wave back.... I am amazed at the joy it gives me when human beings just acknowledge each other....I would strongly suggest that all of us.... all posters on this web site.. make a conscious effort to wave to each other. I have read all the posts regarding the boat sinking last year and the tragic death this year. I have read all the posts regarding the speed limit debate. I would humbly suggest we agree to disagree on many issues... yet we agree to wave to each other.... affirming our love of this beautiful place....and to encourage others.... everone to wave to each other....This is the most beautiful place I have known......Please wave to an old guy in Alton who is waving crazily at you..... |
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![]() Please let me have a little former Mass resident fun with this.. SubVilla in Saugus Mass is very, very close to being a national landmark. Eric P..stop and try it ... join the club.. SubVilla the best ever. Chip... you HAVE to go back.. ![]()
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Chip, if you haven't been there in 30 years, you might want to know they moved across the street. The old "a frame" sub villa is now a walgreens. I miss the old days of skipping class at Saugus high and sneaking over to the old villa for a sangwich. Maybe we need a seperate sub villa thread? |
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I think we successfully hijacked this thread. My apologies to the person that started this thread. Carry on with the waving. |
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The wave is one of my favorite things about boating. With many things in life there are those who will claim that "it's not like it was." I wish I had the ability to measure and observe that. But frankly, I don't have the time.
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I always wave... have since I was a little kid on a little lake. It is a boater thing... and an old boss told me it was a sports car thing, waving to other sports cars.
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I still wave to everyone on the boat, and when I had a Jeep waved at other Jeeps as well. Got a couple funny looks when I kept waving for a few days after I sold the Jeep and got a pickup, and forgot what I was driving. Habits are hard to break.
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I'm such a waver. On the boat or the bike (except during bike week). I like it when people wave to me as well. We're all doing something we love...whether it's boating or riding the bike.
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I don't wave that much when I am on my PWC. I figure most of the boaters hate* me anyway, so why bother. *I get that impression from the dirty looks, no matter how far away from their boat I am. ![]() |
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I will check them out as well. For some reason, I look at 113A all the time and have not taken it- next time I will! |
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lol I am not that feisty, unless someone says something. Otherwise, I will just go on my merry way, maintaining my distance. For me, 150' is too close. I stay far enough away so I can't hear the swears...lol
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Cristen, you would never do that!!
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![]() A few years ago, there were 4 of us on PWCs going up one stretch of the Merrimack River. There were a few boats on the water, but nothing we couldn't get around without coming off plane, well outside the 150' range. the one boat we couldn't get around outside 150', we all slowed to no wake speed. As we initially took off, we saw the MP boat putting in at the ramp. We thought nothing of it until we got to our destination, and he pulled us over. He said the boaters were cheering as he passed them. He then said that if they were cheering, that means we must have been within 150' of them. I just laughed, and asked him how close did you observe us to be? Of course he didn't know, so he couldn't ticket us based on peoples cheers. He had no proof, because A. It didn't happen, and B. He didn't see it anyway. Since he caught up to us relatively quick, I wondered which of us were going "too fast" or too close, us on the PWCs, or the MP guy? lol |
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Just out of curiosity, how many of you abide by the "right of way" rule?
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... It did take me a while to teach my head to automatically know when a boat had the right of way....
Right of way... boat on the right .. has the right of way or On the front lights... green means the boat coming from that direction has the right of way... IG
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If you are riding a sport bike skillfully at a spirited pace on a twisty back road, most police don't do anything. I suspect they don't expect to be able to keep up, let alone catch up. From what I have seen, police have an easier time targeting cruisers and sport bike posers though...
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I remember the wave back in the late 50's. It was very contagious.
I still wave today. The traditional wave to courteous boaters and the 'birdie' to the Boneheads. ![]()
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I always wave,have been boating for about 25 years and it just seems natural to share it by waving to fellow boaters.Maybe people are in to much of a hurry and need to slow down and just relax and enjoy it.
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I embarrass my kids all the time by waving so much.
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I was on the lake the other day and waved to several boats including Marine Patrol. I was with a friend of mine. Simultaneously, we both stated that no one waves anymore. I will continue to wave regardless. On another note, I have also noticed more and more boaters who are rude and think the lake belongs to them, which makes it dangerous for everyone. Slow down people and enjoy the beauty!
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I have noticed that No one even flashes anymore.... 20 Years ago.. It was all the rage!
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Always wave in the boat , always wave in the Vette. Also have a Jeep as a daily beater and never heard of that wave
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I think it's fun to wave at the Mount or the Winnipesaukee railroad and see all those friendly faces wave back. I also like to wave at the MP and see which ones are happy to reply as opposed to those who look annoyed in doing so.
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There are some related responses in a thread from back in the day:
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...read.php?t=998 |
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Hey there - I grew up in a small town where when you walked up the street the adults (not us kids as we were discouraged from talking to strangers) said "Hi" to everyone they passed. I now work in this town and no one ever does it. But the town is a lot larger than it once was also.
Maybe this is like the boat wave thing - everyone used to wave for there were so few of us - now any bonehead can have a boat so no one bothers anymore.
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We wave at anyone close enough to see us. It is nice to see that our kids and their girl friends have learned the tradition and seem perfectly happy to practice it as well. Another generation to carry the responsibility.
I must admit that I have a hard time waving at the captain B. The island seems to be a big boat to us also as we wave to anyone looking our way as they go past. 90% of them wave back. Our Island neighbors wave when we come and go. It is a nice tradition that helps make this lake the best place to be. |
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I was finally out in the boards for lunch and did wave at several boats. I’ve been doing it for many years. I have noticed in FL that everyone there waves including the rentals. The kids wave the most and hardest.
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With this thread in mind, I made an effort to keep track of how many respond to my wave - I'd say it's directly related to how close you are and how fast you are going.
In a channel, it was 100%. In areas where everyone is going maybe 10-20mph, it was probably 50%. |
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I had to chuckle... After a wonderful weekend on the water, my daughter waving to everyone (and most waving back), it continued as she was waving to everyone walking by the house last night. I thought very briefly of telling her she didn't need to do that, but then realized she was right. We're boat people. We wave.
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