...a few rambling points here...
Time and size of my old boat prevented me from long cruisers, but plan to be away far more next year with my new one...and its a bit less that 33ft....but probably more able than most.. I don't really agree that a lack of confidence is a common issue that stops people using there boats....perhaps some...who knows!?
I don't think I am alone in that I also simply enjoy being on my boat, and frankly I don't really care where! I like getting out but as I have to work 5 or 6 days a week I don't get a chance to just down tools and go away for a week or two whenever I feel like it. Most people have to work for a living to afford a bloody boat... certainly I do and its a tough world at the moment.. so yes, I do use my boat I guess more than most but I do also consider it a holiday home.
My parents who also keep their boat at Mercury are beside a beautiful Swan 53. It arrived 18months ago (brand new), the owners have been down to it twice last year for weekends only, not once this year.....Now obviously this is something else again.... wealthy owners needing a yacht as whim? who knows... a skipper comes down and cleans it every few weeks... but that's it.
Helped my mate get his Binliner 285 lifted at Penton Hook yesterday. Looked round the sales pontoons and some of the boats around there have not moved for years, its like some sort of GRP graveyard...very sad.
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