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Originally Posted by theducks
Boy o boy 
Was I lucky. I did not know of that rule about eating-drinking in cars in the UK... |
I work in marine a lot and sail myself, and something that one does not see elsewhere in the world is on the Solent, for example, it can be a sunny warm day and just a gentle breeze but it is not unusual to see a sailboat crew with all their hot heavy wet weather gear, sea boots and lifejackets on as if they were out in wild and threatening conditions. But it seems a local thing with just some because those from there that sail to elsewhere in the world, when they get there do as everyone else does in warm benign conditions--tee shirts, flip flops/light shoes and no lifejackets.
I refer to it as
doctrinal filtering; if one is not, or does not want to be situationally aware, then one just makes a rule on our boat, in my car, or whatever that means one does not have to be. It sometimes rains, people sometimes fall overboard and drown (in fact an exceptionally rare occurrence on sail and powered boats over 6-8m long), so lets just make a rule that makes us act as if it could happen at any unexpected instant
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