New gut asked: notice that there weren't very many=20
responses assuring me that most boat owners sail frequently and=20
therefore get their money's worth from their boats. Is this a sensitive =

subject that most sailors don't want to talk about?

If I only got to sail my boat one time a year, I would still consider it =
money well spent. The point that I was trying to make earlier is to =
stop looking at the whole thing economically and start looking at it as =
an esoteric experience. If you were buying a boat for business or to =
offset taxes somehow, then sure, you've got to look at all that, but =
when you start writing your equations trying to find break0even points =
for your sailing pleasure, you sore of take the wonderfulness out of the =
whole thing.

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