On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:34:57 +0000, Larry wrote:

Stephen Trapani wrote in news:dyFYk.2396
:

Of course the
main advantage of a cruising boat is it's mobility, same as a trailer
or motor home.

I'm sorry but I disagree. If you tow a trailer with some kind of
vehicle, or drive a SMALL motorhome, like a Class C, you are in a much
different position than you are if you arrive in a BOAT. A Boat is like
arriving by airplane. You land it at the appropriate point....then
you're STRANDED at that point ...

It's been nearly twenty years ago. I took my kid,
then about 12, with me on a pilgrimage
from Tulsa to Oshkosh.
We used small country airports up the mid-west.
We took it steady over three days.
There was ALWAYS a jalopy - or else sometimes a
late model vehicle, available to drive to the nearby motel.
We were the ones in a Cessna 150, so there was no
mistaking us for the jet-set.
It was a charmed journey - I long to do it again:
"Don't answer on frequency - just waggle your wings..."
(Final vectors to Oshkosh Approach, number oh, 30 on final.)

Brian W

Larry wrote:
Stephen Trapani wrote in news:dyFYk.2396
:

Of course the
main advantage of a cruising boat is it's mobility, same as a trailer
or
motor home.

I'm sorry but I disagree.

I'm not saying the two are the same, I'm just saying that when you
compare either of them with a house, like your simulator does, they both
look silly because of how compact they are.

But for the sake of discussion... :-)

If you tow a trailer with some kind of
vehicle, or drive a SMALL motorhome, like a Class C, you are in a much
different position than you are if you arrive in a BOAT. A Boat is like
arriving by airplane. You land it at the appropriate point....then
you're STRANDED at that point until either some good samaritan like me
picks you up or you hire some kind of transport to allow you to go
further than walking distance from the cleats the boat is tied to.

Well, I agree that a motor home usually has an extra degree of freedom,
except sometimes when you are in an area like Puget Sound, where often
you can get to a certain marina in an hour (at 6MPH) by water that takes
an hour and a half or more by car at highway speed. Human beings, being
land mammals and all, have much more located on land than they do on
water, but again, near the water in some areas there is quite a lot to
see and do.

You
aren't stranded when you arrive in a trailer or motorhome, unless you've
bought such a huge motorhome there's no place to park it, but those guys
all tow SUVs to get around with. None of the camper crowd is ever
STRANDED at the RV park, their version of the marina without the lines
chafing.

Again, it depends upon your perspective. If you drive up to Olympia in
your motor home and want to go to hike around Hope Island, or watch the
Indians seine salmon at Squaxin Island you are SOL unless some good
Samaritan boater like me will take you out there.

And if you boat to places like Olympia or Gig Harbor you can find a huge
wealth of stores, city life, etc within fifteen minutes walk of your
moorage, easy.

Stephen

Brian Whatcott wrote in
:

There was ALWAYS a jalopy - or else sometimes a
late model vehicle, available to drive to the nearby motel.


That was my point, though. You can't just drive the boat or plane
downtown, but you can the camper, so it wasn't a good parallel comparison.