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Daysailing mostly into the current and trades 
In Response To: Being from outta town.....what's the "Thorny Path"? 
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() You move from Florida to the Virgin Islands by taking many hops of 200 nm or less. Lots o' work, lot's of moving. Newbies like to think it is the easy way to get down island.
FairWinds
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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.
- Being from outta town.....what's the "Thorny Path"?
- Daysailing mostly into the current and trades
- Daysailing mostly into the current and trades
- 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
- Another thing I have observed...
- 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
- 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.
- I'm expecting to pick up an Alerion 28 cheap in a couple years....
- 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"
- The thorny path will kill any sailors...