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• What's happening to Cruisers?
  • The thorny path will kill any sailors...
    • Yep. Weeks beating is not the best first offshore experience.
      • The 'Thorny Path' is mostly day sails
        • And much of that is motoring for many.
    • Being from outta town.....what's the "Thorny Path"?
      • Daysailing mostly into the current and trades
        • We took 8 weeks to get from Florida to the VI
          • Nice Pic but....
            • I have a friend who says "You Can's Kiss All The Girls"
      • Daysailing mostly into the current and trades
  • Florida always had a lot of boats that are shattered dreams
  • My view...
  • In a nutshell... (damn, these new subject lines are WAY too short...
    • And go...
    • There's the problem ...
    • The problem with this BB . . . .
    • Problem is, having a crew that "loves" sailing is not always an option
      • This is part of my newest strategy with maybe buying a small Cal 20
        • I have been "discovering" the same thing
        • My favorite little boat
        • It can't hurt if the spouse enjoys sailing
          • I agree. Cruising isn't just about sailing, or vice versa.
      • Exactly - that's why most couples will not succeed in the long run...
        • You just need to find the right woman
          • Of course - but you should know better than anyone, Evans, girls like that are rarer than hen's teeth (grin)
            • I don't think so
              • Part of the problem,
              • Good must outweigh the bad
          • I got one. We just had to leave the boat in Florida
        • True but I think it is possible to convert the reluctant
  • Another thing I have observed...
    • me thinks
    • frightening example....
      • A most excellent choice, imo LOL
    • That's just miserly to the point of being stupid.
    • Try SeaClear, it's free and works fine
  • That is a common story in our experience. . .
  • there's a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow (failed cruiser)
  • Perhaps cruising, as defined by Cruising World, is dieing?
    • Lifestyles change. It's hard to generalize.
    • The evolution of CRUISING WORLD covers says it all...
      • Don't have to go all the way back to 1975, dude
        • LOL! Or, maybe just back to the time when my own boat made the cover.... (grin)
          • I remember that story Jon, about your Maine winter cruise
            • Thanks, Larry... Perhaps in my next life, I'll manage to head south before the first snow flies... (grin)
              • Looks good for sailing....
          • Here's a good look at cruising "then" and "now" --then, 1971 on the wooden schooner MALABAR, and now, on
            • Pic looks more like a yawl than a schooner to me . . .
            • Right you are, Jeremy --originally a schooner, re-rigged as a yawl
            • What great story,
      • I did predict the daysailer was here to stay., so I'll make another,....
        • Kind of like a cat with one pontoon, eh?
        • Uhh, are you sure the high-end daysailers are here to stay...? (grin)
          • "High end Daysailers" are your words Jon.
            • Well, by "high end", I mean both in terms of cost, and maintenance...
              • Well first off, how much do you think a new Justine would cost you?
                • An industry "in limbo" is pretty charitable, seems more like "in the dumpster", to me.... (grin)
                  • You'd Need a Thriving Middle Class to Begin With ...
                  • Yeah Right, Lite w/ lots of gear. LOL
                  • After cruising on our boat I've learned a lot about what I really like.
          • I'm expecting to pick up an Alerion 28 cheap in a couple years....
            • LOL! Dream on, Westie - that ain't gonna happen anytime soon (grin)
              • Heck, I'm picking up cans and bottles gettin' ready for it!
          • Well, Jon! There is always a 32' trailer sailor called Presto
      • Jon- you already know we cruise a pretty small boat. We constantly get told
    • Distinction between the cruising world and the magazine "Cruising World"
      • Certainly not an easy number to track.
      • What is ironic about CW is when I get my issue...
        • YES YES YES GOB...
          • Thanks for getting me started on that mag...
          • You, Greg, are going to like the next/current issue
            • Is it the....
              • Yep! That's the one . . .
                • GREAT! Can't wait to get it.
      • Steve....
        • You know that I can't spell or type that well ;^)