"Denis Marier" wrote:

Beside the bigger boat social climber the other status symbol is the
inflatable dinghies.
At some Yacht clubs you can see what we call long term parkers. Owners that
insist on having dinghy docks. They park their inflatable and RIB's with a
10 - 15 HP outboards at the dinghy docks for most of the summer without
using them while their big boats are at the slips.
The owners that moored their boats and use a rigid rowing dinghy to get to
and from their boats have no space to tie they rowing dinghies. They have
to pull their rowing dinghies on the beach.
One interesting observation is that club employees and members give priority
to inflatable. If you own an Avon your status goes up. When they get
filled with rain water they run to empty the inflatable. It would be

Nothing like this where we are. Of course we aren't at a yacht club.

grandma Rosalie