"Sir Gregory Hall, Esq." wrote:

Both you and Ian are not pure sailors by definition.
You are auxiliary sailors which means you don't sail
but part of the time. You are not skilled enough or
patient enough to trust in your ability to sail
everywhere.

I've roughed it dinghy cruising when I was younger, but my sailing purist
days are over till I retire and have the time to wait for wind and tide
again.

I even crew for motor boaters! Unlike you, I dont have any issues with
power except the running costs. If good friends want me to conn their
boat for a couple of hours and feed me well on top of that, and think I'm
doing them a favour and wont hear of me kicking in on the expenses, I'll
make time to fit their trip in.

A bad day on the water is better than a good day in the office and for
most of us working stiffs, a reliable engine gives us more days on the
water than we could otherwise fit in.

--
Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED)
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