Nah, he already bought it and is looking for validation of his stupid
move.

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"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
. ..

*Yawn*. The logical conclusion is one you were told many times over. We
don't care.

I assume you've decided not to buy a boat sice you can't get anyone to
agree with your approach.

PDW

In article , Jim Cate
wrote:

To summarize the discussion following this question, 95% of the
responses were to the effect that my question was not relevant, or, for
some reason or another, shouldn't have been asked in the first place.
Almost no one was willing to answer the question direclty.

This naturally raises the question, why? What's the problem? The
logical conclusion is that this is an issue most sailors would prefer to
ignore.

Jim



Jim Cate wrote:


As discussed in other subject strings, I'm looking at 30 to 35-foot
used
boats such as Cals, O'Days, Catalinas, etc. My intended use would be
for
day sailing and sailing offshore near the coast in the Texas Gulf. As
mentioned, offshore sailing would probably require four or five days
in
our area because of the distances involved.

Although I know it all depends on the person, the crew, the
circumstances, the boat, etc., have there been any studies or surveys
that might provide some idea of how many days of sailing per year an
owner of such a boat typically gets, particularly after the first
year?
Again, it's obvious that it all depends, on the person, the
individual
circumstances, his work load, etc., and that there can be no
generalizations. (No need to tell me this. - It's pretty
self-evident.)
Still, there may have been some polls or surveys, or at least, some
general experience and consensus regarding the question. The reason
for
asking is that, though I'm anxious to get out to the blue water, I'm
wondering whether I would be the exception to what seems to be the
general rule in this area, in which the boats seem to sit in their
slips
for 99.9 percent of the time. For example, one of the brokers I spoke
with last week bragged that the owner of that boat had only taken the
boat out some 10-12 times in the past ten years. - Any estimates,
guesses?

Jim