Simple Sailing Versus Well Appointed Trawlering
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I've had a few change course to cross my bow in a wide open space just to pass port to port. The last one I had to radio to ask his intentions since he really had to go out of his way to do so. To the extent I had to change course to my starboard..
Was it being obtuse, or just wanting to do the "right thing?" Who knows.
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We lived aboard a sailboat for 3 years in the 70's. We didn't have running water or refrigeration and only a 20 gallon fresh water tank. I'm 74 now and those are my fondest memories...but we are still boating.
https://72land-n-sea.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-boat-for-bahamas.html
Not everyone has or wants to have the bucks to do it in the most ostentatious manner.
https://72land-n-sea.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-boat-for-bahamas.html
Not everyone has or wants to have the bucks to do it in the most ostentatious manner.
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Derry. Grew up sailing on Lough Swilly, racing round the marks and longer races around Tory and back, into Mulroy Bay etc.
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QUOTE At this point I would call it an even trade-off. In general we feel that sailors live closer to the water, weather and have easier interactions with local culture. Respect is due.
Everyone enjoys the same surrounding nature and culture, no matter what you have. And, as noted above, there is always a bigger and better boat around the corner.[/QUOTE]
We too sailed for 30 years before buying our trawler last year. You said it far more elequently than I.
Comparing sailing and trawlering is like comparing apples to oranges. While we no longer feel as close to the natural world as we did in the quiet sailboat, we are happy to have the modern conveniences we had to forego before. I always considered sailing as a sport and trawlering as a lifestyle.
Each has its place and comparisons seem unproductive to me.
Everyone enjoys the same surrounding nature and culture, no matter what you have. And, as noted above, there is always a bigger and better boat around the corner.[/QUOTE]
We too sailed for 30 years before buying our trawler last year. You said it far more elequently than I.
Comparing sailing and trawlering is like comparing apples to oranges. While we no longer feel as close to the natural world as we did in the quiet sailboat, we are happy to have the modern conveniences we had to forego before. I always considered sailing as a sport and trawlering as a lifestyle.
Each has its place and comparisons seem unproductive to me.
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We too sailed for 30 years before buying our trawler last year. You said it far more elequently than I.
Comparing sailing and trawlering is like comparing apples to oranges. While we no longer feel as close to the natural world as we did in the quiet sailboat, we are happy to have the modern conveniences we had to forego before. I always considered sailing as a sport and trawlering as a lifestyle.
Each has its place and comparisons seem unproductive to me.[/QUOTE]
I agree with you, you have to be a really good sport to endure the the sailing lifestyle.
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