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

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.