Two quotes which say it all on the subjects of sailboat design and cruising...

Doesn't this give you a warm and fuzzy feeling every time you fly, what debt crisis, and, then again, there is hope out there if you look...

 A quote every yacht designer and student of yacht design should pay attention to...

 “A designer knows, he has achieved, perfection not when, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

...and all that ever needs to be said about cruising.

“He who must travel happily must travel light.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Listening to Los Lobos

So it goes...