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Old 01-06-2018, 10:17 AM   #99
aboatman
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Originally Posted by BandB View Post
Those sport cruisers are largely owned by a far different demographic. They're younger, have kids, and still working full time plus. They don't have the desire or the time to go at 7 knots. They have a two day weekend and if they want to go 70 nm, then they don't want to spend 10 hours each day on the trip. Rather be to the destination in 3 hours. They'd love to take long cruises but they don't have that luxury. Oh, and don't say summer vacation. Often the two parents can't get off the same time and even if they do one kid has little league baseball, the other has swim team, and the third has ballet.
In some cases that's true but at my age (I was born when FDR was in office), I tend to make friends with people about my age. Our two closest friends (couples) at our marina are close to our age (one younger, one older) and these are the people I was talking about. They have the time but not the desire.
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