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Sailboat Popularity Question ... $4 per gal fuel
ON LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE - Rising gas prices are not just hitting car drivers,
who are bemoaning paying $3 a gallon to go to work. They're hitting people at play, especially boaters, who now can pay around $4 a gallon. ================================================== ========================================== I read this little snipet in a paper. And then I got to thinking ??? Back in the day ( the 70's ) sailboats were very popular, there was even a song; It's not far down to paradise At least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away And find tranquility The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me It's not far to never never land No reason to pretend And if the wind is right you can find the joy Of innocence again The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me Sailing Takes me away To where I've always heard it could be Just a dream and the wind to carry me And soon I will be free Fantasy It gets the best of me When I'm sailing All caught up in the reverie Every word is a symphony Won't you believe me It's not far back to sanity At least it's not for me And when the wind is right you can sail away And find serenity The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me The hottest songs from Christopher Cross ================================================== ========================================= And now with the price of fuel, I wonder if there will be a resurgence of the popularity of the cruising sailboat. I was at the fuel dock the other day, a motor boat was filling up. $300 dollars for the fill up! And this was not a big boat. I put in $20 dollars. Got my sails ready and paid the wind a compliment. Off! All this leads me to believe that there will be a shift in the popularity of the type of boats the public is buying. Let's face it; there are lots of good old sailboats for about $20,000. Compare that to a big powerboat, with its two big engines. I saw one for sale at the boatyard the other day .......... asking: $47,000 dollars. So, I get to thinking ??? Buy the $20,000 boat for say $18,000 and then put in around $25,000 in upgrades. Can you imagine how sweet your sailboat would be. God, you could have a D Trump yacht. ================================== Just a thought before I head out. === Just another bit of info. The tall ship Eagle is in Portsmouth, NH this weekend. |
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Sailboat Popularity Question ... $4 per gal fuel
Thomas Wentworth wrote:
ON LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE - Rising gas prices are not just hitting car drivers, who are bemoaning paying $3 a gallon to go to work. They're hitting people at play, especially boaters, who now can pay around $4 a gallon. Why not visit the UK and pay $8.50 a gallon. I read this little snipet in a paper. And then I got to thinking ??? Back in the day ( the 70's ) sailboats were very popular, there was even a song; It's not far down to paradise At least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away And find tranquility The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me It's not far to never never land No reason to pretend And if the wind is right you can find the joy Of innocence again The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me Sailing Takes me away To where I've always heard it could be Just a dream and the wind to carry me And soon I will be free Fantasy It gets the best of me When I'm sailing All caught up in the reverie Every word is a symphony Won't you believe me It's not far back to sanity At least it's not for me And when the wind is right you can sail away And find serenity The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me The hottest songs from Christopher Cross ================================================== ========================== =============== And now with the price of fuel, I wonder if there will be a resurgence of the popularity of the cruising sailboat. I was at the fuel dock the other day, a motor boat was filling up. $300 dollars for the fill up! And this was not a big boat. I put in $20 dollars. Got my sails ready and paid the wind a compliment. Off! All this leads me to believe that there will be a shift in the popularity of the type of boats the public is buying. Let's face it; there are lots of good old sailboats for about $20,000. Compare that to a big powerboat, with its two big engines. I saw one for sale at the boatyard the other day ......... asking: $47,000 dollars. So, I get to thinking ??? Buy the $20,000 boat for say $18,000 and then put in around $25,000 in upgrades. Can you imagine how sweet your sailboat would be. God, you could have a D Trump yacht. ================================== Just a thought before I head out. === Just another bit of info. The tall ship Eagle is in Portsmouth, NH this weekend. |
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Sailboat Popularity Question ... $4 per gal fuel
most folks are in too much of a hurry in todays "get it now"
environment...Sailing and relaxing is "way over" most folks thinking......Wait till gas goes over $10us per gallon...That might folks to change their "rut".....imho of course... ‹(·¿·)› Dennis Pogson wrote: Thomas Wentworth wrote: ON LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE - Rising gas prices are not just hitting car drivers, who are bemoaning paying $3 a gallon to go to work. They're hitting people at play, especially boaters, who now can pay around $4 a gallon. Why not visit the UK and pay $8.50 a gallon. I read this little snipet in a paper. And then I got to thinking ??? Back in the day ( the 70's ) sailboats were very popular, there was even a song; It's not far down to paradise At least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away And find tranquility The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me It's not far to never never land No reason to pretend And if the wind is right you can find the joy Of innocence again The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me Sailing Takes me away To where I've always heard it could be Just a dream and the wind to carry me And soon I will be free Fantasy It gets the best of me When I'm sailing All caught up in the reverie Every word is a symphony Won't you believe me It's not far back to sanity At least it's not for me And when the wind is right you can sail away And find serenity The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me The hottest songs from Christopher Cross ================================================== ========================== =============== And now with the price of fuel, I wonder if there will be a resurgence of the popularity of the cruising sailboat. I was at the fuel dock the other day, a motor boat was filling up. $300 dollars for the fill up! And this was not a big boat. I put in $20 dollars. Got my sails ready and paid the wind a compliment. Off! All this leads me to believe that there will be a shift in the popularity of the type of boats the public is buying. Let's face it; there are lots of good old sailboats for about $20,000. Compare that to a big powerboat, with its two big engines. I saw one for sale at the boatyard the other day ......... asking: $47,000 dollars. So, I get to thinking ??? Buy the $20,000 boat for say $18,000 and then put in around $25,000 in upgrades. Can you imagine how sweet your sailboat would be. God, you could have a D Trump yacht. ================================== Just a thought before I head out. === Just another bit of info. The tall ship Eagle is in Portsmouth, NH this weekend. |
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Sailboat Popularity Question ... $4 per gal fuel
I don't mind a sailboat but I have an issue giving up what I like to do:
-Go to Bimini for a weekend (With the gulfstream it's a 12 hour sail from FLL. vs 2 hr) not exactly a weekend timing. -Go out at any tide...Many of the inlets are not available to sailboats due to the fact that the current rips at 5kts + -Go diving with several friends... (Not exactly easy to do when the transom is 4 ft above the water..can't find a good place to put 10 tanks either. -Go sport fishing.... 2 lines doesn't cut it and backing down on a fish is pain. -drag along a whaler so my kids can ski, wakeboard, etc. -Run my generator at anchor (Sailboters just don't do that... they prefer to sweat) remember... some of us actually use our boats for activities...not just as a means of transport...$10 a gallon...boating will be the least of our worries....but I'll still be out there... If you have the time and the boat fits your activity level then I think sailboats are a great thing!!!! ~^ beancounter ~^ wrote: most folks are in too much of a hurry in todays "get it now" environment...Sailing and relaxing is "way over" most folks thinking......Wait till gas goes over $10us per gallon...That might folks to change their "rut".....imho of course... ‹(·¿·)› Dennis Pogson wrote: Thomas Wentworth wrote: ON LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE - Rising gas prices are not just hitting car drivers, who are bemoaning paying $3 a gallon to go to work. They're hitting people at play, especially boaters, who now can pay around $4 a gallon. Why not visit the UK and pay $8.50 a gallon. I read this little snipet in a paper. And then I got to thinking ??? Back in the day ( the 70's ) sailboats were very popular, there was even a song; It's not far down to paradise At least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away And find tranquility The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me It's not far to never never land No reason to pretend And if the wind is right you can find the joy Of innocence again The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me Sailing Takes me away To where I've always heard it could be Just a dream and the wind to carry me And soon I will be free Fantasy It gets the best of me When I'm sailing All caught up in the reverie Every word is a symphony Won't you believe me It's not far back to sanity At least it's not for me And when the wind is right you can sail away And find serenity The canvas can do miracles Just you wait and see Believe me The hottest songs from Christopher Cross ================================================ ============================ =============== And now with the price of fuel, I wonder if there will be a resurgence of the popularity of the cruising sailboat. I was at the fuel dock the other day, a motor boat was filling up. $300 dollars for the fill up! And this was not a big boat. I put in $20 dollars. Got my sails ready and paid the wind a compliment. Off! All this leads me to believe that there will be a shift in the popularity of the type of boats the public is buying. Let's face it; there are lots of good old sailboats for about $20,000. Compare that to a big powerboat, with its two big engines. I saw one for sale at the boatyard the other day ......... asking: $47,000 dollars. So, I get to thinking ??? Buy the $20,000 boat for say $18,000 and then put in around $25,000 in upgrades. Can you imagine how sweet your sailboat would be. God, you could have a D Trump yacht. ================================== Just a thought before I head out. === Just another bit of info. The tall ship Eagle is in Portsmouth, NH this weekend. |
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Sailboat Popularity Question ... $4 per gal fuel
Ed wrote:
I don't mind a sailboat but I have an issue giving up what I like to do: -Go to Bimini for a weekend (With the gulfstream it's a 12 hour sail from FLL. vs 2 hr) not exactly a weekend timing. -Go out at any tide...Many of the inlets are not available to sailboats due to the fact that the current rips at 5kts + -Go diving with several friends... (Not exactly easy to do when the transom is 4 ft above the water..can't find a good place to put 10 tanks either. -Go sport fishing.... 2 lines doesn't cut it and backing down on a fish is pain. -drag along a whaler so my kids can ski, wakeboard, etc. -Run my generator at anchor (Sailboters just don't do that... they prefer to sweat) remember... some of us actually use our boats for activities...not just as a means of transport...$10 a gallon...boating will be the least of our worries....but I'll still be out there... If you have the time and the boat fits your activity level then I think sailboats are a great thing!!!! Quite right too! Nil desperandum carbrundum (never let the *******s grind you down!) |
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Sailboat Popularity Question ... $4 per gal fuel
"Thomas Wentworth" wrote in news:q9mBg.1554$Fl2.29
@trndny01: I was at the fuel dock the other day, a motor boat was filling up. $300 dollars for the fill up! I watched a guy pass his credit card to the diesel dock attendant to pay for the 8,400 gallons of #2 diesel fuel his beast drank. I'm too dizzy to figure out the cost, just thinking about it.... Hell, in the ketch, 10 gallons will get us to Aruba!....(c; -- Sea Ray Boats gave my email to Channel Blade to spam me. phone 865-522-4181 Sea Ray Boats, Inc. 2600 Sea Ray Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37914 One ****ty Sea Ray boat was enough.... |
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Sailboat Popularity Question ... $4 per gal fuel
Thomas Wentworth wrote:
ON LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE - Rising gas prices are not just hitting car drivers, who are bemoaning paying $3 a gallon to go to work. They're hitting people at play, especially boaters, who now can pay around $4 a gallon. I'd say boating is in for a hit. Many folks don't have the time / patience to sail. Like another poster here said, I couldn't make it from Palm to the islands for a weekend on my 42 foot cutter, but the powerboats could. I think that with sailing too tedious for many and power boating too expensive, the entire industry will take a dive. My friend is shopping for a power boat now. The prices are WAY WAY down. I suppose it's the fuel. -paul |
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"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote in
ps.com: most folks are in too much of a hurry in todays "get it now" environment...Sailing and relaxing is "way over" most folks thinking......Wait till gas goes over $10us per gallon...That might folks to change their "rut".....imho of course... God I hate sailing with them aboard the boss' boat, too. They just HAVE to be THERE (X) by 8AM Monday morning. What the hell are they doing on this sailboat?! We got becalmed, the sea went flat as a billiard table, 90 miles due S of Charleston. Cap'n Geoffrey asked me what I thought. I told him the wind would probably come up again within a few days, peering into the huge pile of food and beer in the coolers, enough to feed us for a couple of weeks, well. He smiled, we think alike, and I hit the V-berth for a little well-deserved snooze after the midwatch. When I got up, some of "them" looked like they had ants in their shorts! They were pacing around, looking towards Charleston, verbalizing their concern with getting home. I wished they had STAYED home, in the first place! The wind was so calm the genoa just hung loose, barely moving a fiber. I ate a great sandwich Dagwood would have been proud of and fired up one of the thousands of movies on the laptop, laying back into the custom cushions. "They" all looked at me like I was crazy. The boat wasn't leaking, wasn't in any danger at all....the ideal day at sea, going nowhere. Maybe we'll have Red Snapper for dinner! We should be near their grounds... The movie over, I got sleepy, not quite rested from the Gulf Streamer Race of last night running along about as fast as I've ever seen the big ketch move. Geoffrey starting the Perkins for the long motor home woke me, our race now over, our peace-with-the-sea broken. How awful....We should have stayed. The wind came up the next day, around 11AM as the high pressure system moved out of its normal Bermuda High position..... Nuts..... Some people should never be allowed to board SAILBOATS! -- Sea Ray Boats gave my email to Channel Blade to spam me. phone 865-522-4181 Sea Ray Boats, Inc. 2600 Sea Ray Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37914 One ****ty Sea Ray boat was enough.... |
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Sailboat Popularity Question ... $4 per gal fuel
Larry wrote:
"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote in ps.com: most folks are in too much of a hurry in todays "get it now" environment...Sailing and relaxing is "way over" most folks thinking......Wait till gas goes over $10us per gallon...That might folks to change their "rut".....imho of course... God I hate sailing with them aboard the boss' boat, too. They just HAVE to be THERE (X) by 8AM Monday morning. What the hell are they doing on this sailboat?! We got becalmed, the sea went flat as a billiard table, 90 miles due S of Charleston. Cap'n Geoffrey asked me what I thought. I told him the wind would probably come up again within a few days, peering into the huge pile of food and beer in the coolers, enough to feed us for a couple of weeks, well. He smiled, we think alike, and I hit the V-berth for a little well-deserved snooze after the midwatch. When I got up, some of "them" looked like they had ants in their shorts! They were pacing around, looking towards Charleston, verbalizing their concern with getting home. I wished they had STAYED home, in the first place! The wind was so calm the genoa just hung loose, barely moving a fiber. I ate a great sandwich Dagwood would have been proud of and fired up one of the thousands of movies on the laptop, laying back into the custom cushions. "They" all looked at me like I was crazy. The boat wasn't leaking, wasn't in any danger at all....the ideal day at sea, going nowhere. Maybe we'll have Red Snapper for dinner! We should be near their grounds... The movie over, I got sleepy, not quite rested from the Gulf Streamer Race of last night running along about as fast as I've ever seen the big ketch move. Geoffrey starting the Perkins for the long motor home woke me, our race now over, our peace-with-the-sea broken. How awful....We should have stayed. The wind came up the next day, around 11AM as the high pressure system moved out of its normal Bermuda High position..... Nuts..... Some people should never be allowed to board SAILBOATS! I agree. Man I hated it when our skipper would invite new people for our afternoon sail and they always *had* to be back for one thing or another by 1600 or 1700 hrs. If I had known ahead of time, I probably would have bailed out myself. This was one of the reasons I dropped off as a crew member and moved up to my own bigger boat. |
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Paul Cassel wrote in
: My friend is shopping for a power boat now. The prices are WAY WAY down. I suppose it's the fuel. Ah, the beat of the cadence drum synchronizing the oars, intermixed with the occasional crack of the first mate's whip to encourage them pulling harder to increase speed..... We have many strong illegals that won't be missed, you know.....as they row, quietly, out of the harbor past Ft Sumter..... All one has to do is collect them, before the Lawn-O-Green or construction slavers show up at 5AM.... How many oarlocks can be installed into the Hatteras 60 hulls, after the now useless engines have been removed? It's always been about the money, you know...... |
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