On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:34:57 +0000, Larry wrote:

Stephen Trapani wrote in news:dyFYk.2396
:

Of course the
main advantage of a cruising boat is it's mobility, same as a trailer
or motor home.

I'm sorry but I disagree. If you tow a trailer with some kind of
vehicle, or drive a SMALL motorhome, like a Class C, you are in a much
different position than you are if you arrive in a BOAT. A Boat is like
arriving by airplane. You land it at the appropriate point....then
you're STRANDED at that point ...

It's been nearly twenty years ago. I took my kid,
then about 12, with me on a pilgrimage
from Tulsa to Oshkosh.
We used small country airports up the mid-west.
We took it steady over three days.
There was ALWAYS a jalopy - or else sometimes a
late model vehicle, available to drive to the nearby motel.
We were the ones in a Cessna 150, so there was no
mistaking us for the jet-set.
It was a charmed journey - I long to do it again:
"Don't answer on frequency - just waggle your wings..."
(Final vectors to Oshkosh Approach, number oh, 30 on final.)

Brian W