All members should be experienced and knowledgeable seamen , with enough experience and time at sea to have been totally terrorized, and to have sworn that if they returned safely to land they would never venture out again !!
- Members should demonstrate a complete and utter disregard for any item of yachting attire
- Log book if available is usually wet, or missing entries
- Not a member of any recognized yacht club except for the purposes of a scam, hot shower, free drinks or a free berthing
- Float coats or other floatation devices are worn out, dirty and don't float
- Destinations and courses should be determined only by favourable wind and sea conditions, except when asked to leave anchorages by irrate port authorities
- Can discourse with articulate passion on the perils and evils of boats other than wood, especially power boats and jet skis. Some steel hulled tug boats are exempt
- Usually becomes incoherent when discussing politics, economics, the future of civilization or fiberglass boats (see above)
- Frequents hardware stores, ship chandelries, lumber yards and boat yards (even in the dead of winter)
- Always has an understanding, forgiving and saintly spouse, partner, traveling companion or significant other which entitles the aforementioned partner to the honorary rank of ADMIRABLE IN PERPETUITY
- Although members may under some special circumstances own a boat, must be willing to admit that sailing on another skippers vessel is far less work and more economical
