WestUniversity
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- Oct 7, 2017
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That's how I gave up on owning sailboats after 30 years and 5 sailboats from 26' to 35', 20 years racing sailboats. I was summarizing our spending and looked at what the boat cost me in 2018 - multiplied that by 20-30 years - and the total sum was staggering! I worked a lot of extra years for sailing, loved it, but not that much. Now I pay $550 a year to take out small daysailers up to 19' anytime I want, race or cruise, with no maintenance and no added expenses. Good enough...
Agreed. I hate to think about how much money I’ve spent over the years. Simply staggering. That’s why I’ll take a Sunfish any day. Super simple design and super easy to learn on, and with a planing hull vs a displacement hull so much fun and so fast on a windy day. I’ve also sailed cats, Hobies, Prindles etc. Lots of fun in my younger days but too much work in comparison…