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Old 05-05-2012, 05:46 AM   #110
Peter B
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City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,101
Touche, Bruce...fair cop..all I can say is Marin started it, see....
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Marin wrote...

What you say is true for you and for this country. But where people here think restricting the word "yacht" to sailboats makes no sense, the people in the countries that use the word this way think OUR definition makes no sense. Who's right?
Both of them in the context of their country, their language, and their traditions.


Except for Marmite and Vegamite. Those are evil substances no matter what culture you're part of.

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