"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
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The average boater buys for "typical sailing conditions," then lives in
fear of getting caught out in anything stronger than 15 knots. I'll take
the Wetsnail over a modern putty boat any day of the week, and twice on
Sundays.

The competent sailor has confidence in his abilities and knows his
limitations. The "average boater" you describe above is a typical
Catalina 30 owner who never really learned to sail and doesn't know
enough about heavy weather sailing to be anything but a hazard to himself
and his passengers. His Catalina is stout enough to handle 70kts and big
waves, but he most likely isn't. If he knew what he was doing, he
wouldn't need an overbuilt boat like the Wetsnail.

Max


So are you saying that the "average" sailor is also a competent one?

To the contrary. The average sailor is like the average golfer--good enough
to play the game but not to score well.

Max

"Gilligan" wrote in message

Just think of all that excess loading on the sails and rigging.

. . . which for a Wetsnail is no problem. Everything is overbuilt,
including the rigging. Most W32 owners specify their sails in the very
heavy fabric range.

Max

"Maxprop" wrote in message ink.net...

To the contrary. The average sailor is like the average golfer--good enough to play the game but not to score well.

Max


That is laughable. The average sailor is nothing like the average golfer.
The average golfer is out on the course regularly. He spends more time
golfing than talking about golf. He has pride in his game. The average
sailor sits around and jaw jacks about sailing more than he actually sails.
His verbiage consists of the transparent sort that leads a competent
listener to conclude forthwith that he is full of ****.

But, you are correct, sir, when you allude to the specific of competency
level. I could posit a golfer who never swung a club being able to negotiate
a golf course with greater dispatch than a new sailor with a new boat being
able to negotiate a crowded inlet with aplomb if not without incident.

In general, people who sail don't take it seriously, instead they use sailing as
a means of escape. In most cases they are escaping a life consisting of one
shameful failure after another, thus they have no expectations other than
failure when it comes to sailing. Should they screw up to a grand extent, they
can always write a horror story and submit it to a sailing magazine which will
happily and with great dispatch print it knowing their readers will readily
identify with it and lap it up like so much milk and honey. It's par for the
sailing course!

Such is the sad state of sailing.

Paladin,
(Have gun - will travel)



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Paladin wrote:

To the contrary. The average sailor is like the average golfer--good enough to play the game but not to score well.
Max


That is laughable. The average sailor is nothing like the average golfer.

In general, people who sail don't take it seriously, instead they use sailing as
a means of escape. In most cases they are escaping a life consisting of one
shameful failure after another, thus they have no expectations other than
failure when it comes to sailing. Should they screw up to a grand extent, they
can always write a horror story and submit it to a sailing magazine which will
happily and with great dispatch print it knowing their readers will readily
identify with it and lap it up like so much milk and honey. It's par for the
sailing course!
Such is the sad state of sailing.
Paladin,


So where would you place yourself in that discription?

In general, people who sail don't take it seriously, instead they use
sailing as
a means of escape. In most cases they are escaping a life consisting of
one
shameful failure after another, thus they have no expectations other
than
failure when it comes to sailing.



In general people who sail like to go sailing. They generally have fun
no matter how "seriously" they approach it. Then there is a small
minority who appear to be obsessed, worried and jealous of how others
enjoy their boats. I have only encountered the latter online and for
the most part even those folks are just kidding.
Let's hope you are as well.


Robert B
Beneteau 35s5
NY
See our Heart of Gold under sail....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d0nSgsgOApg