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Old Apr 23rd 2014, 5:03 pm
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Originally Posted by Trixie_b
Errrmmm There are plenty of women who like to sail. There are plenty of gold diggers in the posh marinas too.
I am a yacht master, and up until recently, I had a commercial endorsement. I would love to take my ocean master, I've done the ocean passages, but want to cross the atlantic, although I have a friend who's done it several times, the quickest was 11 days, the longest about 30 if my memory serves me.
Was only kidding. I'm not exactly swimming in offers.
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I used to dream of buying my own, then I looked closer at the accounts of our sailing club for a couple of years and saw where the money went, and quite how much it took to look after the things, and that put me right off! "Money pit" and "black hole for cash" are 2 oft used, and very apt phrases....
A broom from walmart = $10
same broom with "marine" stamped on it = $63.87
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A broom from walmart = $10
same broom with "marine" stamped on it = $63.87


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Wow, that goes on a bit
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Errrmmm There are plenty of women who like to sail. There are plenty of gold diggers in the posh marinas too.
I am a yacht master, and up until recently, I had a commercial endorsement. I would love to take my ocean master, I've done the ocean passages, but want to cross the atlantic, although I have a friend who's done it several times, the quickest was 11 days, the longest about 30 if my memory serves me.
I got up to Ocean Yachtmaster theory, but hadn't logged enough overnight passages to get the full ticket. Then life intervened in the way of relocations, marriage, kids.....would love to get back into it, but doubt I ever will now.
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A broom from walmart = $10
same broom with "marine" stamped on it = $63.87
LOL - not far off though!
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