On Sun, 04 Nov 07, 09:35am CST, ohara5.0 wrote:
I think the Us vs them attitude of people regarding
power and sailboats is silly.

Agreed. And pointless too. It's an apples/oranges type comparison.
Like a religious argument over how many angels can dance on the head
of a pin.

Like you, I enjoy both. Learned to sail as a kid in indestructible
wooden (cypress) Fish Class boats
(http://www.schurrsails.com/fish/glass.htm)
but at the same time sailed with buddies in their Sunfish, Penguins,
Windmills, Bluejays, Lightenings, and on and on. But the family's
boat was a 38' Mathews (power boat). So I've done both ever since and
still do.

Sailing is just plain work.

I've heard you can get the same effect by standing under an ice cold
shower in a raincoat, ripping up $100 bills while someone beats you
about the head, back, and legs, with a baseball bat.
....... *damn* it's fun though ;-)

Anyhow, as far as the subject line, I think it's just the nature of
some folk to harang and harass other folk over practically anything.
Although I don't really understand what satisfaction they get out of
it...... not that any posters here would exhibit such irrational
behavior lol!

Rick