Honestly, we won't take Thomas into dangerous conditions offshore in
any boat.


Probably a good thing for both Thomas AND you.


For the Boobster, walking down the dock constitutes a 'hazardous
voyage.' And he'll post pictures to prove it!


Maxprop wrote:
What I was objecting to in your diatribe was comparing your boat with boats
obviously built to a higher standard and with greater integrity of hull and
rig, designed for conditions that your boat was not. If you were honest
you'd have to admit that your boat is not in the same league as a Wauquiez,
Sweden, J-Boat, Swan, or many others costing far more.

There are lots of great boats out there. Then there's a fair amount of
not-so-great, and a small percentage of crap. Very often the perception
of the boat is based on publicity & advertising rather than any
realistic consideration of the boat itself.

... Then again you
didn't have to mortgage the Empire State Building to buy your boat.
Everything is a trade-off in life. Boats are no exception. Beneteau builds
a decent boat for the buck, better than Hunter or Catalina, IMO.


They generally cost more, too.

The bottom line- Bubbles claims he bought a boat, paying more than 5X
what Scotty paid... and his boat is only slightly bigger, *maybe*
slightly faster (if Bubbles takes sailing lessons)... will be used less,
and that closer to it's home slip.

WTF has he got to brag about?

DSK