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Who buys and boat and then doesn’t sail it?
This puzzled me, shocked me, confounded me the first few years I had the boat. And in Berkeley, especially, with some of the highest slip fees in the Bay (well over $330 a month at minimum), I wondered who could afford to just let their boat sit there, right in the mouth of the slot and not sail. Here are my best ideas, please add any you can think of in the comment section! #1 Sailing is tiring and time consuming. I used to crew on a Santana 22 on Sundays until I realized that by the time we rigged the boat, got her out in time to shake down…
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On the Virtues of Loneliness and Solitude
“Solitude and loneliness are two distinct states, not to be confused one with the other…Loneliness implies discontent, a feeling of deprivation, a yearning for company, a frustrated dependence on other human beings, tension.” – Frank Mulville, Single-handed Sailing But isn’t sailing by yourself lonely? I often want to reply, “I feel the loneliest when I am on the train, surrounded by people staring into those little black screens, devoid of anything to catch my eye, while an indescribably terrible, screeching wail of weak political will drowns out any connection I dare attempt”. But I think the question beneath the question is, “Why would you put yourself in such a vulnerable…