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- From: bsmith@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Brian Smith)
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:26:40 GMT
- Subject: Re: wood or glass?
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- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
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- When I was in the Canary Islands a few years ago I talked to several
- people who had boats there and were just pottering around the world
- (just how do people find the time and money to do that?) Those who
- had wooden boats were pretty much in agreement that when you sail long
- distances, you spend about half your time doing maintenance on the
- boat (especially the hull) and half your time sailing.
-
- However, I would make one observation. I spent almost two weeks in
- that marina getting a boat ready to cross the pond so I had a good
- opportunity to observe these people working on their hulls. It was
- done on a "scrape for 30 minutes:drink beer and shoot the bull for 60
- minutes" type of schedule. I have read that people who cruise for
- long distances often stay in port much longer than they really *need*
- to because they enjoy the relaxation--a mild form of sea-going
- lethargy kicks in. So maybe that is what I was observing. Certainly,
- none of these intrepid mariners seemed that anxious to get back to
- sea.
-
- When I pulled into the Cape Verde Islands after the first leg of my
- trip, there were about 20 boats there all waiting to set off on the
- next leg of their trips. No-one seemed to be very sure where they
- were going next or when they were going to leave; neither could they
- claim that they were doing maintenance on their boats. I was there
- for only 36 hours, and none of them left during that time.
- B.S!
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