Nav wrote:
While I can see you might think I was referring to Doug and his smelly
power boat,

Because you're envious

... I was thinking about how many 'sailors' get power boats when
they reach the age of maturity and can afford them.

Envious because you can't afford one

... In Doug's case it is
a shame he did not buy a big yacht instead of a power boat but there you
have it. Did you know that he claimed to have sailed a 40' boat single
handed and taken the spinnaker down to windward without it getting wet?
With such skills I wonder why he would not want a really fast cruiser
racer like mine

Why do you think I haven't had one? Not been paying attention?


Most people here have posted pictures of terrible sail trim

A subject on which you are definitely an expert... almost as much as
steam engineering or historic vessels.

DSK