Every hour not spent on our boats is an hour wasted.

[tonybarebones]

Here’s a thought that I think is worth pondering. * 168 – This is the number of hours in a 7 day week. * Minus 56 – This is the number of hours we sleep if you manage to get 8 hrs a night in. * Minus 40 – This is the number of hours the average person works in their full time job in a week. * 72 – This is the number of hours you’re left with. Now let’s assume you have a partner, children, hobbies, DIY, friends you like to socialise with, shopping, meals and nights out, sporting endeavours, golf etc, You need to catch up on your paperwork, fix the car, mow the lawn, watch the weekly edition and omnibus editions of dead enders and re-invent the wheel in your spare time…. * Assume that all takes up 70 of those 72 hours. * That leaves 2 hrs from your whole week to go sailing, every hour not spent on our boats is an hour wasted. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[damo]

"hobbies, DIY, friends you like to socialise with,..., meals and nights out, sporting endeavours,"

That just about covers the sailing then /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[PCUK]

104 hours per year.
Running costs £3,500 per year.
Purchase price £50,000 spread over 20 years + £2,500 per year.
£57.69 per hour - Very reasonable!

 

[Allan]

I'm off to view a boat later today, the last thing I want to read is how much it will cost me!
Allan

 

[PCUK]

Trouble is the cost doesn't matter cos' we have to do it!

 

[Allan]

I sometimes feel embarressed about saying things like that but I fully agree! I also completley agree with Tony's title of the thread and the saying that a bad day sailing is better than a good day working. Another point is, you can't take it with you.
Allan
PS Do I sound like someone trying to justify buying a bigger boat?

 

[Sneds]

You sure do!

Go for it /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[mrbloto]

when you are surfing down huge lumps of water in a 30 ft+boat its worth every penny, when you are to old, at least you can say been there, dunnit got the t shirt. no pockets in shrouds /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[buster3]

worth every penny but we always want a biggger one /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gifnever a smaller one /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Allan]

I'm not in complete agreement with you on that. Surfing done great lumps of water in a 22foot with constant 30knots+ of wind is hard to beat. The problem is that when I arrive I want the boat to morph into a 40 footer. Hopefully I'll find a 30ish footer that will be not too much of a compromise.
Allan

 

[graham]

What you need is a boat that has the room of a 40 footer. Is as much fun as a 22 footer but shrinks to 18 foot for marina /mooring charges. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[damo]

Get a multihull /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[damo]

I've got a pocket on one of my shrouds - I tuck the end of a halyard into it /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif