I've noticed a pattern in Swabbie's thinking. He thinks that an unraced
sailboat is more valuable than a raced one. He places higher value on a boat
that has sat on the hard for years.

In general, he places higher value on things that are not used to their
fullest potential.

Is anyone familiar with bathtub curves and infant mortality?

Does anyone understand the purpose of sea trials?

During sea trials a vessel is run at its maximum specified operation.
Submarines are taken to maximum depth, aircraft carriers at run at full
power in reverse and sailboats are run with full sail in strong seas.

Why?

To shake out defects in its early life. Defects, under specified operating
conditions, when graphed versus time form what is known as a bathtub curve.
There are manufacturing defects early in the life of the object and defects
from wear at the end of life of the object. During the mid portion of it's
life, the defect rate is low.

With Swabbie there is no bathtub curve. It is more of a hump. The defects
occur in the middle of his life. He has never used anything to its fullest
potential. His outlook, correctly applied leads to these conclusions:

A brain that is not used is worth more than a used one.

A body that is not exercised is worth more than an exercised one.

How many times in life have you have someone take something whether it is
unused from the box, lightly used, babied or pampered and put to the test
and see it fail?

I can cite many, here's a few examples:

An unused M1911A, out of the box, stove piping rounds when called into
service.

An automobile engine, run by a little old lady, disintegrate when pressed to
higher RPM's by the grandson (the rings cracked on the ridge of the
cylinder).

Sail fittings failed when pushed.

I'm sure you can think of many yourself.

So, is Swabbie going to push a creampuff yacht? Is he going to push himself?
Is anything about him tempered from strong use? Perhaps only his keyboard
and bloviation skills.

In essence, Swabbie is a marshmellow man.

Amen!