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rhys
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On 12 Aug 2005 21:02:56 -0700,
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Somebody ought to get a fleet of old mid-size boats together in a cheap
place in FL and lease (option to buy with part of lease payments going
toward purchase) them to people who want to try the cruising life
without spending yrs planning.
That's a very good idea, although I bet the insurance companies would
have a field day on the liability front.
Two-footitis is rampant: you can get a Shark or a small '70s cruiser
(Mirage, Edel, Kelt, Tanzer) for very few dollars because the original
owners are retiring or moving up to trawlers or Beneteaus/Hunters and
nobody seems to want a boat that just sleeps three and has perhaps an
"exposed" head and a butane ring for a galley.
But they sail just fine up to 25 knots.
R.
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