Jere Lull wrote:

In article .com,
" wrote:

This is kind of interesting and leads to another question. What is a
`cruiser`. Several years ago my husband and I were introduced to a
couple about 2 years after we had sold the house and gone sailing. When
asked if we were cruisers, the woman introducing us cut in and said
´no, they still work´.

Lin Pardy´s response to this was ´Larry and I still work too...´.

My definition of cruiser is someone who actually gets the boat away from
the marina/anchorage overnight. Anything less is a day sail.

I've seen some who sailed to a location then just lived aboard, the boat
not moving. LOVELY location, but they weren't cruisers then, "just"
liveaboards.

Working is a separate issue.

My definition of a cruiser is someone who goes from Point A to Point B
to Point C, and doesn't just do daycruises or 'out and backs', and
someone who lives aboard.

IOW someone traveling via sailboat that doesn't come back to a home
port except at long intervals and probably someone who goes offshore
occasionally.

But cruisers can also stay in one place for long periods of time -
actually most cruisers I know do not do daysails - they do longer
trips and then when they get to the place they were aiming for, they
stay there for a period of time. Varying periods of time - several
months in some cases.




grandma Rosalie