Bob Crantz wrote:

Doug,

Why must you rain on someone's parade with common sense?

I would suggest they pull the rudder from the boat to be 100% consistent.

Why earn a wage at $30 an hour and achieve your "goal" in 18 months when you
can slave for four years at sub-minimum wage and benefit from the negative
health effects? It's called building character! hahahahaha

Looney isn't it.

Doug, you da man!

I certainly did not mean to rain on anybody's parade but why do you
think it's so cool if I did?

I enjoy working on my own boat but if it took me 4 years of full time
work then it'd be a BIG question whether it's worth it. We are certainly
planning to do more work on our boat, but then we have already been
cruising in it besides.

A burnt-up Pearson 40 would a boat worth pulling out of the scrap heap.
I bet they have a fine cruiser with good sailing performance and shoal
draft. But the same amount of work devoted to a Coronado 27 would be
just plain stupid. Not to name names, but a couple we know is spending
all their weekends rebuilding a houseboat which sunk & is trashed. They
are replacing everything on it and doing some structural work besides.
By now they could have bought a newer houseboat, better equipped, and
ready to go, instead they still have years of work and will have a boat
that wasn't that good to start with.

That, plus the idea of trying to live like a character in a Jimmy Buffet
song, does not appeal to me.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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I certainly did not mean to rain on anybody's parade but why do you
think it's so cool if I did?

I was simply complementing you on your insight.
I'm sorry you read something into it that wasn't there.
Next time I'll be even more explicit.

BC

Bob Crantz wrote:
I was simply complementing you on your insight.
I'm sorry you read something into it that wasn't there.
Next time I'll be even more explicit.

Explicit is good... about some things anyway...

I was trying to diplomatically suggest that you should not be so
mean-spirited. It's bad for you.

DSK

Hey, thanks for the input.

BC

"DSK" wrote in message
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Bob Crantz wrote:
I was simply complementing you on your insight.
I'm sorry you read something into it that wasn't there.
Next time I'll be even more explicit.

Explicit is good... about some things anyway...

I was trying to diplomatically suggest that you should not be so
mean-spirited. It's bad for you.

DSK