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A little BVI hazing
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01/16/2017 04:50 PM
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ggffrr11
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Getting ready to head back to the BVI next month with a few newbies. Here are a few of my previous "newbie hazing" tricks. Something tells me, history will repeat itself.
Hazing #1 - I tell them the flushing system in the head is voice activated. You have to say "flush" and it will flush automatically. Sometimes, you have to say it two or three times/louder. I tell them if this doesn't work then you have to use the little pump. By day #2, you have people screaming in the head, "Flush you *#*@" - its pretty funny
#2 - I discuss how the dialects are different between American and BVI english. When we go into a restaurant, I tell the proper way to order food is start by saying "me want", ie, "me want ribs". Be careful, you get some pretty strange looks from restaurant staff.
#3 - This one makes the newbies really mad. On your first night out at anchor or mooring, you talk about how bad the mooring/anchor ropes may be chafed. It's important that everyone look out the port hole from time to time during the night to make sure the boat hasn't drifted off. "Next stop is West Africa!" (this got me in a lot of trouble with one of the wives who didn't sleep all night because she was looking out the porthole!)
Any others?
Last edited by ggffrr11; 01/16/2017 06:18 PM.
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: dayhiker]
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01/16/2017 05:46 PM
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when you visit the Dogs... keep asking what that smell is... smells like updog. just keep saying until someone breaks down and asks What's updog? your reply is... nutin, whats up with you dog? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: ggffrr11]
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01/17/2017 07:22 AM
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Let's not forget to be on the lookout for the line of demarcation in the water when sailing between St. John (USVI) and Tortola (BVI). Yup he actually was looking for it! LOL.
~map~
~As you navigate through life, take time to play in the waves~
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: Manpot]
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01/17/2017 11:45 AM
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You actually can see the line marking the USVI and BVI boarder. Post 9/11 when homeland security came into being it was important to mark the US Borders, so they are now broadcast via satellite. If you ever watch NFL football, they are using the same technology for the first down line. So if you get your mask on, we should cross the line in about 3 minutes, so just stick your face in the water.
Mike
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: Orange_Burst]
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01/17/2017 01:03 PM
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Send them to the chandlery for a bucket of "Prop Wash". Helps the boat go faster.
First trip with my brother and his wife we motors to the outer Roadtown harbor and shut off the engine. Tim started fiddling with lines, sheets, etc. After a while he says "Huh wonder what this one does?" My sister in law just about lost it. She was sure she was going to die. He was watching the breeze fill in and released the jib to full in just a few seconds, a thing of beauty we were heeled over an underway.
Rita It is better to be happy than it is to be right
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: ggffrr11]
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01/17/2017 03:46 PM
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Back in the 80's, the first mate and I worked as crew for the Moorings. We loved the job and our guests. But we'd often get the same questions (week after week) from our guests, especially from first-timers, so I decided to have a little fun. For example:
Someone would notice the smoke rising from the behind Pockwood Pond. "What's that smoke?", they'd ask, while we were sailing up the channel. I started telling them "That's the West End steam train, and it's right on time too!". (I figured it was better than telling them that it was garbage burning at the dump.)
I got away with it for the almost two years. But then one cruise I was caught out. We happened to have a train buff aboard, and he got all excited. "A steam train", he said, "what kind? Must be narrow gauge!...We have to stop and check it out!". I sheepishly had to come clean.
Cap'n Kev
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: Orange_Burst]
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01/17/2017 06:37 PM
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The Miami Tortola tunnel saves a lot of time. Laura, do you have the pass photo handy?
My foot fits right into my shoe and my shoe will fit right into your...
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: StormJib]
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01/18/2017 11:34 AM
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<img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />These are all frickin hilarious...
If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will...
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: maineskier69]
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01/18/2017 05:37 PM
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There are killing me! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" />
Love sailing the BVI's with friends.
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: LauraTheTshirtGal]
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01/18/2017 09:29 PM
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Laura, the people at Hertz MIA were not helpful with the map showing me where the tunnel entrance was. They looked at me like I was an idiot. They also weren't happy when I listed Toonces the driving cat as my extra driver.
Mike
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: LastMango]
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01/19/2017 08:46 AM
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Really not trying to be a buzz kill here. Just a reminder, these folks are newbees, not idiots. These are people with lots of time on their hands to come up with an appropriate response. Revenge coupled with humiliation can be a great motivator. Just a gentle reminder of what we all know about "pay backs". Be prepared for shoe polish on the binoculars.
Mike
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: Twanger]
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01/19/2017 08:48 AM
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Twanger said: The funniest one I've ever see is "Calibrating the radar." The joke is even better if you don't have a radar. Send the NOOB down the dock to shore with a cell phone. Tell them they need to walk around here and there while you track them with the radar so you can calibrate the range. Of course you can't quite get their signal, so have them reach up high with their arms, climb up on things, run around, whatever you can think of. If you get this far tell them to come back in because you just don't quite have enough signal. Send them back out with a roll of aluminum foil to hold up. Of course, that won't be enough signal either, so have them wrap their arms and body in foil and run around. Make sure somebody has a video camera going! Twanger: I couldn't remember what we were calibrating when we did this a few years ago <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />but it was the radar as i got it from this great forum! Funniest thing ever watching these two college kids so excited to help calibrate and others watching from the docks! HarleyK
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: SarahJane]
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01/19/2017 06:18 PM
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SarahJane said: Laura,
Will you have those on your website for sale??? I really, really need one. I will revise the year and order some more stay tuned!!! @ Mike K...Toonce the cat hahaha!! lol that's an oldie!!!
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: IWIWSE]
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01/20/2017 04:49 PM
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IWIWSE said: Really not trying to be a buzz kill here. Just a reminder, these folks are newbees, not idiots. These are people with lots of time on their hands to come up with an appropriate response. Revenge coupled with humiliation can be a great motivator. Just a gentle reminder of what we all know about "pay backs". Be prepared for shoe polish on the binoculars.
Mike This is why it's so fun! Most newbies have never been able to travel this way and they are so excited about the moment but so unsure of what to expect. Puddy in your hands!!! My last newbies that are now veterans can't wait for the next trip of "newbies"! It's all great fun! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/dine.gif" alt="" /> HarleyK
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: LocalSailor]
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01/21/2017 10:57 AM
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LocalSailor said: being a charter captain for years I met 'newbies' on almost every sail -- I would never consider the childish pranks mentioned so far - making people feel comfortable not foolish was my job. It's certainly different for you as being a "charter captain" it's your job and you work for the people on the boat. It would probably be inappropriate for you to consider any of the above. For most of us it's family or our best of friends, so cutting up a little has always been part of the great experience. Our groups still talk about these trips being their best vacation experiences! For those of you that do your own captaining, please carry on!!!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: Harleyk]
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01/23/2017 10:58 AM
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LocalSailor said: being a charter captain for years I met 'newbies' on almost every sail -- I would never consider the childish pranks mentioned so far - making people feel comfortable not foolish was my job They key word there is the last one; "job" Being a charter captain and operating in a professional manner, of course one would not pull pranks on their customers. However, my crews are comprised of my friends... and usually people I've been friends with for years if not decades. We make fun of and prank each other incessantly. A little jovial, completely harmless "hazing" is to be expected. It's starting to be that the former noobs who had the pranks pulled on them are now the ones pulling those pranks on the true noobs. Plus, f'em if the can't take a joke <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Cheers.gif" alt="" />
... DIF all the time...
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Re: A little BVI hazing
[Re: Orange_Burst]
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01/27/2017 10:44 AM
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OK, here's a good one I just thought of... Due to sea and weather conditions, we need to counterbalance the boat... Need a volunteer for first shift to ride in the towed dinghy
Steve
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