I've been gone a week and I notice Rich hasn't had the guts to tackle
this one.

Guess I was spot-on when I said he didn't just want to get out on the
water, he wanted to get on the water AND GO FAST.

Really, he's like Bobsprit except the saving grace with sailboats is
you need some knowledge and skill to operate one, thus keeping Bob
moored to a dock. Any idiot with a credit card can run a PWC, so that's
what you usually get.

PDW

In article , Jonathan Ganz
wrote:

In article ,
Peter Wiley wrote:
In article , Jonathan Ganz
wrote:
Yeah. Get a sailing dinghy. Not only will it cost less to buy than a
PWC, it'll cost a lot less to run, too, even with a 2HP Honda 4 stroke
outboard.

I had a 4HP, 2 stroke on mine. I guess I'm a jet-skier... sigh.

Hah, i'm looking at getting a 3 HP for my daysailer.

But people like this one don't do that, because they not only want to
be on the water, they also want to go fast without learning sailing
skills.

Amended: boating skills. We wouldn't want to exclude Doug. :-)

Doug still owns a sailboat and knows a lot more about sailing than I
do. Not, note, that I claim it's a difficult thing to do.....