wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Jun 09, Frogwatch wrote:
the two forms of boating and realized they
have entirely different motives. Sailing is ussually about the act of
boating, ie the actual sailing whereas powerboating is mostly about
using the boat to go places. We go sailing for a day without going
anywhere, just back and forth across Apalachee Bay or just out-as-far-
as-we-can-go. We always use the powerboat to go someplace cool (ok,
in this case really hot).
If I had to choose one over the other, I do not know which it would be.

I was right there with ya until you mentioned, up there somewhere,
that a Mac 26 would be the future of sailboat sales. I think there are
too many anti-sailors and too many anti-powerboaters in the world for
a one boat compromise to ever become very popular (even though the
salespitch makes sense to those of us who like both).. But I
completely agree they're two completely different sports. Like the
difference between football and basketball, and I find the debate over
one being better than the other,an excercise in misunderstanding. I've
been trying to convince both my sailing buddies and my powerboat
buddies of that for years but both camps seem to be stuck in their
viewpoints.

I don't know what I'd choose, if I had to choose. Probably sail, but
..... well crap. I ain't given' up either one!

Anyhow, I think you've already found the best compromise. Own a
sailboat AND a powerboat. You wouldn't buy a pregnant looking
basket/foot ball and try to play both games at once (with a hoop on
one end of a court/field and a goal line on the other.

And I'm not saying a Mac 26 is a bad idea. It's great for many people,
obviously. I just don't think a compromise will ever approach the
popularity of either sail or power.

Rick

That's for sure. I'd never touch one of those big bloated looking Mac 26s.
I love the lines of a sleek traditional sloop.

On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:57:50 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


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On Mon, 15 Jun 09, Frogwatch wrote:
the two forms of boating and realized they
have entirely different motives. Sailing is ussually about the act of
boating, ie the actual sailing whereas powerboating is mostly about
using the boat to go places. We go sailing for a day without going
anywhere, just back and forth across Apalachee Bay or just out-as-far-
as-we-can-go. We always use the powerboat to go someplace cool (ok,
in this case really hot).
If I had to choose one over the other, I do not know which it would be.

I was right there with ya until you mentioned, up there somewhere,
that a Mac 26 would be the future of sailboat sales. I think there are
too many anti-sailors and too many anti-powerboaters in the world for
a one boat compromise to ever become very popular (even though the
salespitch makes sense to those of us who like both).. But I
completely agree they're two completely different sports. Like the
difference between football and basketball, and I find the debate over
one being better than the other,an excercise in misunderstanding. I've
been trying to convince both my sailing buddies and my powerboat
buddies of that for years but both camps seem to be stuck in their
viewpoints.

I don't know what I'd choose, if I had to choose. Probably sail, but
..... well crap. I ain't given' up either one!

Anyhow, I think you've already found the best compromise. Own a
sailboat AND a powerboat. You wouldn't buy a pregnant looking
basket/foot ball and try to play both games at once (with a hoop on
one end of a court/field and a goal line on the other.

And I'm not saying a Mac 26 is a bad idea. It's great for many people,
obviously. I just don't think a compromise will ever approach the
popularity of either sail or power.

Rick

That's for sure. I'd never touch one of those big bloated looking Mac 26s.
I love the lines of a sleek traditional sloop.

I feel the same about RAV4's. (-:
To each his own.
I've read that the Mac 26 has been the best selling "sailboat" for
years. Don't have the numbers though.

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:57:50 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Jun 09, Frogwatch wrote:
the two forms of boating and realized they
have entirely different motives. Sailing is ussually about the act of
boating, ie the actual sailing whereas powerboating is mostly about
using the boat to go places. We go sailing for a day without going
anywhere, just back and forth across Apalachee Bay or just out-as-far-
as-we-can-go. We always use the powerboat to go someplace cool (ok,
in this case really hot).
If I had to choose one over the other, I do not know which it would be.
I was right there with ya until you mentioned, up there somewhere,
that a Mac 26 would be the future of sailboat sales. I think there are
too many anti-sailors and too many anti-powerboaters in the world for
a one boat compromise to ever become very popular (even though the
salespitch makes sense to those of us who like both).. But I
completely agree they're two completely different sports. Like the
difference between football and basketball, and I find the debate over
one being better than the other,an excercise in misunderstanding. I've
been trying to convince both my sailing buddies and my powerboat
buddies of that for years but both camps seem to be stuck in their
viewpoints.

I don't know what I'd choose, if I had to choose. Probably sail, but
..... well crap. I ain't given' up either one!

Anyhow, I think you've already found the best compromise. Own a
sailboat AND a powerboat. You wouldn't buy a pregnant looking
basket/foot ball and try to play both games at once (with a hoop on
one end of a court/field and a goal line on the other.

And I'm not saying a Mac 26 is a bad idea. It's great for many people,
obviously. I just don't think a compromise will ever approach the
popularity of either sail or power.

Rick
That's for sure. I'd never touch one of those big bloated looking Mac 26s.
I love the lines of a sleek traditional sloop.

I feel the same about RAV4's. (-:
To each his own.
I've read that the Mac 26 has been the best selling "sailboat" for
years. Don't have the numbers though.

--Vic


Have you ever seen a picture of Donny's old traditional sleek sloop?

On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:05:33 -0400, Jim24242
wrote:



Have you ever seen a picture of Donny's old traditional sleek sloop?

Think I did. Don't know if was a sloop. But it was nice looking.
As I recall, Don's boat has its fans, as do most.
But like I said, to each his own.
Some care about looks, and some care about other things.
The Mac 26 has its advantages.
I won't bother to list them. BTDT.

--Vic

On Jun 21, 12:16*pm, Vic Smith
wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:05:33 -0400, Jim24242
wrote:



Have you ever seen a picture of Donny's old traditional sleek sloop?

Think I did. *Don't know if was a sloop. *But it was nice looking.
As I recall, Don's boat has its fans, as do most.
But like I said, to each his own.
Some care about looks, and some care about other things.
The Mac 26 has its advantages.
I won't bother to list them. *BTDT.

--Vic

The reality is that here in N. FL, sailing goes from late October to
early June and then the wind dies and it is simply too hot to sit and
bake. I use the powerboat in those summer months. It does involve a
change of mental perspective that takes a few weeks to sink in.

Frogwatch

"Jim24242" wrote in message
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Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:57:50 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

wrote in message
...
On Mon, 15 Jun 09, Frogwatch wrote:
the two forms of boating and realized they
have entirely different motives. Sailing is ussually about the act of
boating, ie the actual sailing whereas powerboating is mostly about
using the boat to go places. We go sailing for a day without going
anywhere, just back and forth across Apalachee Bay or just out-as-far-
as-we-can-go. We always use the powerboat to go someplace cool (ok,
in this case really hot).
If I had to choose one over the other, I do not know which it would
be.
I was right there with ya until you mentioned, up there somewhere,
that a Mac 26 would be the future of sailboat sales. I think there are
too many anti-sailors and too many anti-powerboaters in the world for
a one boat compromise to ever become very popular (even though the
salespitch makes sense to those of us who like both).. But I
completely agree they're two completely different sports. Like the
difference between football and basketball, and I find the debate over
one being better than the other,an excercise in misunderstanding. I've
been trying to convince both my sailing buddies and my powerboat
buddies of that for years but both camps seem to be stuck in their
viewpoints.

I don't know what I'd choose, if I had to choose. Probably sail, but
..... well crap. I ain't given' up either one!

Anyhow, I think you've already found the best compromise. Own a
sailboat AND a powerboat. You wouldn't buy a pregnant looking
basket/foot ball and try to play both games at once (with a hoop on
one end of a court/field and a goal line on the other.

And I'm not saying a Mac 26 is a bad idea. It's great for many people,
obviously. I just don't think a compromise will ever approach the
popularity of either sail or power.

Rick
That's for sure. I'd never touch one of those big bloated looking Mac
26s.
I love the lines of a sleek traditional sloop.
I feel the same about RAV4's. (-:
To each his own.
I've read that the Mac 26 has been the best selling "sailboat" for
years. Don't have the numbers though.

--Vic
Have you ever seen a picture of Donny's old traditional sleek sloop?

I haven't owned one 'yet', O Stinky One.

Don White wrote:
"Jim24242" wrote in message
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Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:57:50 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

wrote in message
...
On Mon, 15 Jun 09, Frogwatch wrote:
the two forms of boating and realized they
have entirely different motives. Sailing is ussually about the act of
boating, ie the actual sailing whereas powerboating is mostly about
using the boat to go places. We go sailing for a day without going
anywhere, just back and forth across Apalachee Bay or just out-as-far-
as-we-can-go. We always use the powerboat to go someplace cool (ok,
in this case really hot).
If I had to choose one over the other, I do not know which it would
be.
I was right there with ya until you mentioned, up there somewhere,
that a Mac 26 would be the future of sailboat sales. I think there are
too many anti-sailors and too many anti-powerboaters in the world for
a one boat compromise to ever become very popular (even though the
salespitch makes sense to those of us who like both).. But I
completely agree they're two completely different sports. Like the
difference between football and basketball, and I find the debate over
one being better than the other,an excercise in misunderstanding. I've
been trying to convince both my sailing buddies and my powerboat
buddies of that for years but both camps seem to be stuck in their
viewpoints.

I don't know what I'd choose, if I had to choose. Probably sail, but
..... well crap. I ain't given' up either one!

Anyhow, I think you've already found the best compromise. Own a
sailboat AND a powerboat. You wouldn't buy a pregnant looking
basket/foot ball and try to play both games at once (with a hoop on
one end of a court/field and a goal line on the other.

And I'm not saying a Mac 26 is a bad idea. It's great for many people,
obviously. I just don't think a compromise will ever approach the
popularity of either sail or power.

Rick
That's for sure. I'd never touch one of those big bloated looking Mac
26s.
I love the lines of a sleek traditional sloop.
I feel the same about RAV4's. (-:
To each his own.
I've read that the Mac 26 has been the best selling "sailboat" for
years. Don't have the numbers though.

--Vic
Have you ever seen a picture of Donny's old traditional sleek sloop?

I haven't owned one 'yet', O Stinky One.



Kinda funny that floridajim talks about the boats of others, yet doesn't
have the balls to discuss what brand, model, and year of boat he claims
to own.

HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
"Jim24242" wrote in message
...
Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:57:50 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

wrote in message
...
On Mon, 15 Jun 09, Frogwatch wrote:
the two forms of boating and realized they
have entirely different motives. Sailing is ussually about the
act of
boating, ie the actual sailing whereas powerboating is mostly about
using the boat to go places. We go sailing for a day without going
anywhere, just back and forth across Apalachee Bay or just
out-as-far-
as-we-can-go. We always use the powerboat to go someplace cool (ok,
in this case really hot).
If I had to choose one over the other, I do not know which it
would be.
I was right there with ya until you mentioned, up there somewhere,
that a Mac 26 would be the future of sailboat sales. I think there
are
too many anti-sailors and too many anti-powerboaters in the world for
a one boat compromise to ever become very popular (even though the
salespitch makes sense to those of us who like both).. But I
completely agree they're two completely different sports. Like the
difference between football and basketball, and I find the debate
over
one being better than the other,an excercise in misunderstanding.
I've
been trying to convince both my sailing buddies and my powerboat
buddies of that for years but both camps seem to be stuck in their
viewpoints.

I don't know what I'd choose, if I had to choose. Probably sail, but
..... well crap. I ain't given' up either one!

Anyhow, I think you've already found the best compromise. Own a
sailboat AND a powerboat. You wouldn't buy a pregnant looking
basket/foot ball and try to play both games at once (with a hoop on
one end of a court/field and a goal line on the other.

And I'm not saying a Mac 26 is a bad idea. It's great for many
people,
obviously. I just don't think a compromise will ever approach the
popularity of either sail or power.

Rick
That's for sure. I'd never touch one of those big bloated looking
Mac 26s.
I love the lines of a sleek traditional sloop.
I feel the same about RAV4's. (-:
To each his own.
I've read that the Mac 26 has been the best selling "sailboat" for
years. Don't have the numbers though.

--Vic
Have you ever seen a picture of Donny's old traditional sleek sloop?

I haven't owned one 'yet', O Stinky One.


Kinda funny that floridajim talks about the boats of others, yet doesn't
have the balls to discuss what brand, model, and year of boat he claims
to own.

Now he wants brand model and year. I wonder what he would do with that
information, if he had it.

Don White wrote:
"Jim24242" wrote in message
...
Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:57:50 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

wrote in message
...
On Mon, 15 Jun 09, Frogwatch wrote:
the two forms of boating and realized they
have entirely different motives. Sailing is ussually about the act of
boating, ie the actual sailing whereas powerboating is mostly about
using the boat to go places. We go sailing for a day without going
anywhere, just back and forth across Apalachee Bay or just out-as-far-
as-we-can-go. We always use the powerboat to go someplace cool (ok,
in this case really hot).
If I had to choose one over the other, I do not know which it would
be.
I was right there with ya until you mentioned, up there somewhere,
that a Mac 26 would be the future of sailboat sales. I think there are
too many anti-sailors and too many anti-powerboaters in the world for
a one boat compromise to ever become very popular (even though the
salespitch makes sense to those of us who like both).. But I
completely agree they're two completely different sports. Like the
difference between football and basketball, and I find the debate over
one being better than the other,an excercise in misunderstanding. I've
been trying to convince both my sailing buddies and my powerboat
buddies of that for years but both camps seem to be stuck in their
viewpoints.

I don't know what I'd choose, if I had to choose. Probably sail, but
..... well crap. I ain't given' up either one!

Anyhow, I think you've already found the best compromise. Own a
sailboat AND a powerboat. You wouldn't buy a pregnant looking
basket/foot ball and try to play both games at once (with a hoop on
one end of a court/field and a goal line on the other.

And I'm not saying a Mac 26 is a bad idea. It's great for many people,
obviously. I just don't think a compromise will ever approach the
popularity of either sail or power.

Rick
That's for sure. I'd never touch one of those big bloated looking Mac
26s.
I love the lines of a sleek traditional sloop.
I feel the same about RAV4's. (-:
To each his own.
I've read that the Mac 26 has been the best selling "sailboat" for
years. Don't have the numbers though.

--Vic
Have you ever seen a picture of Donny's old traditional sleek sloop?

I haven't owned one 'yet', O Stinky One.


Then what would you call that boat you used to drag around with your
little red truck?