Actually, I'd say the American market is primarily oriented toward
sitting tied to the dock.


rhys wrote:
Well, I didn't want to be mean G.

Oh, was that mean? Sorry.

... It's not much different here in
Toronto, except that the May-October season means you have to really
WANT a boat to even bother...it's not "dock and forget".

That can be a good thing. We had a boat at our marina that appeared to
be much lower in the water after Hurrricane Charley went by. The people
in the slips on both sides said "It's been getting lower, but it wasn't
this bad." Turned out the water inside was almost up to the settees,
took about an hour with an electric pump for the dockmaster to get it
clear. Now the boat has barnacles growing 2 ~ 3" above the boot stripe.

The dockmaster told me that the owner of that boat has not been aboard,
that he knows of, for at least a year and a half.

It's sad... but it makes me wonder...

DSK