On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:30:14 -0400, "Scotty"
wrote:

''One who never gets out of the Sound cannot,
with any degree of
credibility, comment on the courage of fellow sailors'


Hey that's my copywrite! But you can use it anytime to hammer
Boobspit.

And a number of my friends have or are thinking about moving from sail
to power, with trawlers being the boat of choice. They haven't
necessarily given up on sailing, just on the practicality of owning a
large sailboat given their individual circumstances. One, in Boca
Raton, lives on a canal on the wrong side of a couple of fixed
bridges. Wants a boat he can keep at his house, rigged and ready.
This is the guy who taught me to sail when we were both teenagers.
His decision makes sense to me. Other similar stories. Doug's
probably just as rational, but if not it would be only an opinion and
none of my business anyway.

Frank