Fr J Hackett
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The sheer simplicity and beauty of this Eagle 44 is hard to beat in any boat, you could imagine you are at the helm of your own mini J class.
Depends on what draws you to the water. Some people get more excited by the voyaging, the going new places and the sailing is just something you have to do to enable that. Some people are more excited just by the act of sailing itself, and aren't too bothered about actually going anywhere. Most people probably lie somewhere on a scale from one to the other.Soon get bored of that, I would suspect. Cannot actually go anywhere & sailing around the same place all the time is not exactly exciting is it. Plus one cannot stand up to boil a cuppa, so it is not even practical.
Isn't it great how there are so many ways that people can enjoy being out on the water without being locked into some rigid rule of what must be done.Soon get bored of that, I would suspect. Cannot actually go anywhere & sailing around the same place all the time is not exactly exciting is it. Plus one cannot stand up to boil a cuppa, so it is not even practical.
The point is that most of those listed in the posts above (like my own Squib) spend a proportion of their time racing. In all the years I have owned the Squib, neither I, nor my daughter, have been for a "cruise" in it. We did have a fleet of 19 at our club, I am not aware of any going for a simple sail around. Other than at the start or between races. Racing gives a purpose to their sailing when sailing on the same stretch of water all the time.Isn't it great how there are so many ways that people can enjoy being out on the water without being locked into some rigid rule of what must be done.