Stephen Trapani wrote in news:dyFYk.2396
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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 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. 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.

People in campers, if we're allowed to call them that any more, see far
more and different landscape than boaters, too. Boaters have two views
out their windows....ocean....or....swampland. That's what you see if
you come to South Carolina, no matter where you go, except Myrtle Beach
where you see either ocean or ditch walls out by the airport. In
Florida, you see either ocean or condos and other boats....anywhere you
go. Boaters never see Mt Rushmore or the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone's
Old Faithful or Grand Teton or Stone Mountain or Two Flags over Fuquay.
Camper owners see all these, if they want. Most of them dock INSIDE
these places!

Owning a boat is like owning a Lear Jet. You get to see the water until
you get there, like the Lear gets to see the clouds below them...Oceans
look pretty much the same for weeks on end...salt water. Then, you
strand at the marina. Some marinas look a little different, but they're
pretty much the same until the credit card bill comes in.

Lake boaters have better views than ocean cruisers. If you've seen one
banana republic, you've seen 'em all....