What does this say about your butt-buddy, Capt Neal? He
owns a lowly Craponado27. In fact he's so poor he has to
live on it!
At least JimC has a boat that he can sell, at a loss, yes,
but he can still sell it if he ever decides to get a real
sailboat. Your boyfriend on the other hand, wouldn't be able
to give that floating trash pile away. Jim's Mac26MX is
worth 10 times the Banana Boat.

I wonder what your Mercedes driving financial advisor would
say about throwing good money into a Craponado trash heap
that has devalued below $0?

SBV




"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in

On the other hand, people of means should sail a boat that
reflects
their status in life. Not only boats but autos, for
example. If I hire a
financial advisor I will have more confidence in his
abilities if he
arrives for a meeting in a Mercedes rather than a Kia. If
go to a brain
surgeon for an operation I sure don't want to see the dude
arriving in
an old Volkswagen. See what I mean? If I go to the Tour de
France I
don't want see the pros riding a thirty-year-old Schwinn
with balloon
tires. You expect people to have and use things that
reflect their
wealth and station in life.

The same goes for lawyers. If I hire a lawyer and he shows
up in court
to litigate for me wearing cut-offs and a t-shirt, I will
quickly inform
him I no longer require his services. Any lawyer I hire
had better show
up wearing a quality Italian suit, silk tie and patent
leather shoes.

Keeping this in mind, don't you think it would be wise for
a lawyer to
show up in this group with boat having a quality name. A
Hinckley, a
Swan, a Wauquiez, a Morris, an Oyster, a Contest. You get
the picture.
Could you honestly have much confidence in a lawyer who
could not afford
one of the above or was so ignorant that he sailed a
MacGregor 26? How
much confidence could you have in a man fighting in court
for your life
or freedom who had such low standards and questionable IQ
that, in his
everyday life, he actually bragged about owning and
sailing Mac26?

Your sailboat is more than some lame toy. It should be and
is, even if
you won't admit it, a reflection of the kind of man you
are. That's why
I sail a Swan 68. I certainly would never retain a lawyer
unless he
sailed something equivalent.

Wilbur Hubbard