Is sailing for old gits, really?

[CalmSkipper]

but a lot of the safety gear isn't compulsory unless you charter your yacht is it?

 

[aitchw]

No, it isn't, thank God and long may it be so.

 

[Glyka]

I ride a motorcycle and never wear a helmet (actually I don't even have one). But I take no passenger without one.

One of the differences (apart from the most important) between skiing and sailing is that a skier does not have crew or passengers...

 

[LymingtonPugwash]

Okay.... you sold me on ski-ing to disguise the fact that I'm an old git and so I can look cool.... But there's one thing I don't understand /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif I can see how my boat would slide down the slope on the snow, but how do I get something that size up the slope in the first place? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif