"DSK" wrote
| Does your boat have lights? Instruments? Windlass? Pumps?
| Refrigeration? An engine?

No, no, no, no, no, no. It has a compass if you call that an instrument.

| The technology of electricity is one of the cornerstones of
| what is sometimes called Western civilization. If you don't
| need it, that's fine. But are you sure of your ground in
| criticising others for having it?

I guess it's nice on BIG sailboats but I still think it's not necessary and it
seems to take away from time spent sailing. Are sailboats supposed to hold
all of western civilization? I've got a house for all that stuff.

Cheers,
Ellen