Yeah Joe,

It let's people know, "You're there and OK and they would also like to
know the same of you. No need of assistance."






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Thom Stewart wrote:
Yeah Joe,

It let's people know, "You're there and OK and they would also like to
know the same of you. No need of assistance."


Thats right Ol Thom, Its a primal fear of the water that drives waving.
You get the points.

Joe






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I said this before Thom. I should get points also. :-)

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"Joe" wrote in message
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Thom Stewart wrote:
Yeah Joe,

It let's people know, "You're there and OK and they would also like to
know the same of you. No need of assistance."


Thats right Ol Thom, Its a primal fear of the water that drives waving.
You get the points.

Joe






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Joe,

I don't know where it started? the fishing fleets used it in the days
before radio. I think the Tea Run Skippers used it as well as the
Coastal Traders. All before radio. Not many had a knowledge of
Semaphore.

A simple, friendly wave; everyone was aware of what it was. " I'm OK,
how are you?' Made sense tnen,makes sense now.




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Jon,

A wave can be much more than friendly. It can mean stay away. It can
mean HELP! it can mean "STANDBYE" It can mean "STAND OFF."

It was used by Migrating tribes. It is still used to get assistance
along the Highway, Crowd control. It is a universal mean of
communication. Everyone knows 2 hands up is Surrender.

It isn't restricted to boating. Traffic is controlled with waving
motions. Even modern day signals recognize the value@ A red lite open
palm at a cross walk

Jon, you can have my points, now that you've been reminded of how
universal waving is in our life.




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I said "Well, I wave 50% of the time to make sure they actually see us."

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Jon,

A wave can be much more than friendly. It can mean stay away. It can
mean HELP! it can mean "STANDBYE" It can mean "STAND OFF."

It was used by Migrating tribes. It is still used to get assistance
along the Highway, Crowd control. It is a universal mean of
communication. Everyone knows 2 hands up is Surrender.

It isn't restricted to boating. Traffic is controlled with waving
motions. Even modern day signals recognize the value@ A red lite open
palm at a cross walk

Jon, you can have my points, now that you've been reminded of how
universal waving is in our life.




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"Joe" wrote in message
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Thom Stewart wrote:
Yeah Joe,

It let's people know, "You're there and OK and they would also like to
know the same of you. No need of assistance."


Thats right Ol Thom, Its a primal fear of the water that drives waving.
You get the points.


I have no fear of water, primal of otherwise. But when meeting someone away
from land, it's simply nice to acknowledge their presence and that we're
both out where no one else happens to be at the moment.

I have noticed several conventions w/r/t waving, at least where I sail:

1) When sailing, I tend to wave at other sailors more than at powerboaters,
and vice versa.
2) When in my Boston Whaler, I tend to wave at everyone, and vice versa.
3) Powerboaters tend to wave less than sailors.
4) Skippers on very large yachts tend not to wave, and ignore others who
wave at them. There are exceptions, of course.
5) Waving at significantly attractive females is preferable to waving at
someone like Bubbles.

Max

Maxprop wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
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Thom Stewart wrote:
Yeah Joe,

It let's people know, "You're there and OK and they would also like to
know the same of you. No need of assistance."


Thats right Ol Thom, Its a primal fear of the water that drives waving.
You get the points.


I have no fear of water, primal of otherwise. But when meeting someone away
from land, it's simply nice to acknowledge their presence and that we're
both out where no one else happens to be at the moment.

It's so deep engrained in the past it comes second nature, you don't
need to have the fear.
I've noticed women and children wave the most, IE: most at risk.
No one teaches kids to wave, they do it naturaly. And I've noticed that
the people more concerned about being on the water wave more. And it is
just as important and engrained in the past to acknowledge the wave,
you are the rescuer. Again it goes back to primal man floating on a log
wanting acknowledgement incase something happens like the log rolling
over IMO. People do not feel at risk in a car, and do not need
acknowledgement.

Joe


I have noticed several conventions w/r/t waving, at least where I sail:

1) When sailing, I tend to wave at other sailors more than at powerboaters,
and vice versa.
2) When in my Boston Whaler, I tend to wave at everyone, and vice versa.
3) Powerboaters tend to wave less than sailors.
4) Skippers on very large yachts tend not to wave, and ignore others who
wave at them. There are exceptions, of course.
5) Waving at significantly attractive females is preferable to waving at
someone like Bubbles.

Max

Joe wrote:
Thom Stewart wrote:
Yeah Joe,

It let's people know, "You're there and OK and they would also like to
know the same of you. No need of assistance."


Thats right Ol Thom, Its a primal fear of the water that drives waving.
You get the points.

Joe





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What??? That's a crock....people wave because they are social animals
and that's all....

I agree with Thom's response.

Thom Stewart wrote:
Yeah Joe,

It let's people know, "You're there and OK and they would also like to
know the same of you. No need of assistance."