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Marina perspective
After 20 yrs of sailing, this is the first time I have had my boat in a
large marina so last night when I went to tie her up for Arlene, I walked the docks just lookin at how other boat owners do things. The biggest surprise was how little prep there was for Arlene although all the models have it hitting 200 miles away. I s'pose I am just paranoid. Second surprise is how many "trashed out" boats there are in the marina. These boats have rotted sails hanging in tatters, mold and fungus all over the decks, varnish peeling in sheets, frayed lines. The owners do not appear to have visited their boats in several years but the slips cost $225/month. Weird. Another observation that is no surprise, smaller boats get used more. It is obvious from the fouling at the waterlines that boats less than 30' get used far more than the big boats. I was also surprised to see so many smaller boats kept in slips. There are many 21-23' sailboats that are obviously trailerable but are kept in slips. Many look as if they are used regularly. I never paid any attention to roller furling systems intil I installed my oversized CDI system on my 28' S2 last year. Roller furling totally changed my sailing life. So, I took a good look at them (most boats were bow in so I got a close look). Older RF systems look really gawdawful. My newer CDI system seems far more robust than older systems on bigger boats. Probably just a case of technology getting better with time. Most boats were hooked to shore power and I am not sure why. In 20 yrs I have never had shore power and never needed it so am not sure why so many people take the chance with potentially bad hookups. Somebody enlighten me here, why so much shore power? |
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