What is a boat for?

[Babylon]

Asking for a friend...

 

[ChromeDome]

If you need to ask...

 

[Mister E]

Keeping the water out and you bum dry.

 

[Mark-1]

Adventure. (...and in the busy south getting away from people.)

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Sanity.

 

[MisterBaxter]

"Boatless, man is bound"
- Viking saying

 

[Stemar]

Emptying the wallet

 

[justanothersailboat]

Preserving the fortitude of one's soul.

 

[Daydream believer]

Sanity.

If you believe that you have a problem my friend

 

[KevinV]

It's a reservoir for time - when you have time to "spend" the boat absorbs it, then when you don't have time you can "save" time by not going. Ditto money.

 

[scozzy]

For putting chandlery owners children through boarding school

 

[Sea Change]

For putting chandlery owners children through boarding school

Ditto boatyard owners and various other marine industry 'professionals'

 

[justanothersailboat]

Keeping the water out and you bum dry.

Ohhhh, that's what I've been doing wrong! Thank you.

 

[Seastoke]

I did not want to leave money to kids , so got a boat.

 

[johnalison]

One of these:
A. Enjoying the physical sensation of your interaction with the water/air interface
B. Testing your skills in coping with A against others
C. Exploring your locality or the world in the greatest possible discomfort.

 

[Gixer]

Mental health.

“There are two terrible things for a man: not to have fulfilled his dream, and to have fulfilled it.”
Bernard Moitessier

I think a boat fits this criteria.

 

[MapisM]

For those days when you fancy moving to some nice anchorage, bringing all of your home amenities with you.
Other than that, a house is better in just about every respects.

Some folks seem to think they are also meant for going places, but for this purpose they are about 500 kts short of a decent speed, imho.

 

[Baggywrinkle]

"Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs but what a ship is... what the Black Pearl really is... is freedom." - Captain Jack Sparrow

... as well as a permanent project to absorb your time, energy, and money ad infinitum.

 

[oldmanofthehills]

Mental health.

“There are two terrible things for a man: not to have fulfilled his dream, and to have fulfilled it.”
Bernard Moitessier

I think a boat fits this criteria.

So you trust words of wisdom from a man a bit bonkers, and nearly as feckless as Guaguin ?

 

[oldmanofthehills]

I like MisterBaxters quote. My paternal DNA shows norse lineage, and my wife says she would not dream of trying to separate me from floating things, or keep me too far from water, as its very clearly in my blood.

I have compromised in getting a semi-motor sailer to keep her on side but a boat is still a boat. A boat is Life