On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:10:31 -0500, Frank Boettcher
wrote:

On 18 Jul 2006 15:43:21 -0700, "Capt. Rob" wrote:


And a number of my friends have or are thinking about moving from sail
to power


Any thinking of just selling their sailboats and buying a good rock
tumbler and maybe also maybe take up playing the banjo???
Cuz that's what it means to give up sailing. You don't compromise by
buying a trawler. Compromise would be a Fisher 37 or a Nauticat. A
trawler means you GAVE UP SAILING.
Period. And spare me the crap about sailing dinks around. Doug doesn't
do it anymore. If you haven't time for a sailboat, you haven't time for
a trawler and a dink!
Your friends are as gay as Doug.


Fairly sure I never mentioned time as an issue, but I'll let them know
what you think. Sure they will be as concerned about your opinion as
I am.


RB
35s5
NY


Whatever was I thinking. Of course I'll not bother them with this.
To offer this opinion to this group of individuals with their sailing
resumes and life accomplishments, and to let them know that it came
from a LIS day sailor who never leaves the Sound, who spends his non
sailing hours as a yard errand boy, a marine junk peddler on ebay, and
an incessant troll merchant in this group would be disrespectful at
the very least. They would rightfully question my sanity.

Frank