Never understood the attraction of burning a bunch of gas
to get someplace fast and spend even more money on
marked up booze at a bar when you can be drinking
with good friends on the boat while you're out
sailing to your destination. ;=)

"Wim" wrote in message
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Go the bar and have a drink ;-)
--
c ya Wim
www.cruising.ca/thousand/f-index.html


"Bumper7" wrote in message
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: As an ex fighter pilot replied in rec.aviation, "The thrill is avoiding
: thrills!" at least in sailboat racing.
: I'm not sure why people race power boats, nor what they do with the time
: they save.
:
: Good luck,
: Bumper7
:
:
: BW wrote:
: I have been a little confused, but I now see where I made my mistake.
: Whilst doing background research into the group rec.boats.racing it
: included the sub group rec.boats.racing.power. Most of articles I read
: were about the thrill of powerboat racing. I subsequently posted my
: power boat query into rec.boats.racing which I now know is about sail
: boat racing.
:
: Again, please accept my apology.
:
: But as my research is still about thrill, sailboat racing is JUST as
: interesting. I am revising my question to "what do you find thrilling
: about sailboat racing"?
:
: Any comments...
:
: Brendan
: