You know, bs, a multi would, in all honestly, suit
your current situation better. Huge platform for
entertaining at the dock, more space for guests
while underway, it would have the speed to say you
like, and it would be safer for Suzanne's kid.
Rather than picking on Jeff, you should be
seriously looking at what he has. Or, maybe you
have and the jealousy is what drives your endless
abuse.
S.

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...
:
: Sailing is about beauty. If you don't get that
you miss the whole point
: of sailing as a recreational activity. We buy a
boat for no practical
: reason. Oh, we can defend the sailboat with many
arguments. A person or
: family does need an outlet, a way to relax one's
mind, to bring friends
: and family closer. But there are less expensive
ways to do that than
: owning a yacht. And that brings us back to
beauty. Picture a sailboat
: in your mind; a long slender crescent moon
topped with an impossibly
: large triangle of cloth, a floating pendulum of
grace designed to
: harness the power of the wind. It's quite an
amazing thing really. The
: experience, as a boat heels over in that first
gust of wind, sails
: powering up, the dramatic effort as tons of hull
balances and slices
: through the water, is nothing less than
orgasmic.
: Sailing isn't about speed. It isn't about
comfort and sure as hell
: isn't about how far you sail. You could spend a
lifetime sailing on a
: small lake and never need anything more. Or you
could sail across an
: ocean. It's all the same as it all brings you
back to that first magic
: moment. The rest, all the rest are only details.
: If you want to get there faster, buy a
speedboat. If you don't like the
: heeling, buy a trawler. The beauty of sailing is
in the inefficiency of
: it all in a world that forces us to be
efficient, the impractically in
: a life that demands practicality. Trying to
force practicality onto a
: sailing vessel is like adding a trailer to a
Jaguar E Type, or adding a
: hull and taking away the heeling and beauty of a
sailboat.
: So...two all the aspiring dreamers out the
Stay away from a boat
: like Jeff's. It's an abomination. It's ugly
plain and simple. Want to
: be practical? Buy a minivan, but don't tarnish a
dream of sailing with
: a boat that looks and sails like one. Buy a
sailboat that fits your
: dream, that picture in your mind. It can be a
Catalina 30 or a Rhodes
: 19 or a lavish Sweden 39. The joys of a keelboat
are boundless. There
: are SUV's that are faster than a Miata, but no
one seeking a sportscar
: would trade that feeling for extra
seats....except maybe Jeff.
:
: RB
: 35s5
: NY
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