"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
nk.net...
Sailing is similar to mountaineering except there is little requirement
for
fitness. Sailors don't have to lug a week or more worth of gear plus wet
climbing ropes up and down glacial valley walls on their back. Sailors
have
air conditioners, heaters, stoves, ovens, boom boxes, wardrobe closets,
showers, a place to sleep without sharp rocks or rats, etc.

Amen!

Otoh, when you go to sleep, the mountain doesn't slam up and down and make
the most godawful racket.

Amen!

John Cairns