Interesting Bits Of Boater Conversation

Picture of the bow of the boat and Miami, FL

When I meet a new person, a lot of conversations will go like this:

Person 1: "So. How do you like living on the boat?"
Me: "Oh, it's interesting. I love traveling and by boat is a nice way to do so."
Person 1: "That's cool. What's your favorite part about living on the boat?"
Me: "Um....the traveling?"
Person 1: "Cool. Cool."
Me: (to myself) "People these days."

So as interesting as that conversation may seem, it just get so boring after a while.

One conversation that I've only overheard made me kind of feel awesome and...well...a little bit weirded out at the same time:

Person 1: "Is that you're daughter?"
My Dad: "Yeah."
Person 1: "She's so pretty. She's like a mermaid."
My Dad: *chuckles*
Me: (in my head) "A mermaid? ....... cool. Never got that one before."

Then there's the ever common boater conversation:

Person 1: "Yeah, there's a couple of grocery stores down that way." *motions with their hand*
My Dad: "How do we get there?"
Person 1: *gives directions* "So...."
My Dad: *waits*
Person 1: "Do you have a fridge on your boat?"
My Dad: "Oh yeah. We do."
Person 1: "Ooh. What kind?" *gets all excited*
My Dad: *begins to describe the fridge and so the conversation goes*

Yeah. We boaters are a strange breed, but I've discovered that we're a lot more pleasant than some of the people you can meet on land.

My Mom: "Mayday, mayday, mayday. We are a East bound sailing vessel and we're taking on water. We've lost our electronics and need someone to lead us through these shallows."
Person 1: "We'll lead you through."
My Mom: "Thank you so much."
Person 1: "No problem." *attempts to lead us through*
Us: *thud-unk O.O*
My Mom: "We're aground."
My Dad: "Let me take over." *takes the wheel*
Us: *gets ungrounded*
Person 1: *chugs right through the same water*
My Mom: "They're a catamaran." >.< (In case you didn't know, Catamarans can go in shallow waters that mono-hulls cannot.)

So what if they didn't succeed in helping us? At least they attempted to. You know how many people just drive on by even after they see your car has broken down and you're in need of assistance? These people offered to help us and they didn't even know anything about us.