On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 at 15:13:06 in message
, Jose
wrote:

With a boat, you can socialize on the boat; you don't have to take the
boat anywhere. You can go somewhere and have an instant community of
friends just by hanging around the dock. You can take the boat a mile
offshore and just sit there all day, for entertainment.

An ex-commodore of a prestigious yacht club once told me that of all the
yachts in the club 80% never or hardly ever left their moorings. Of the
remainder he claimed 80% never left the harbour.

In effect the majority were expensive weekend cottages.
--
David CL Francis