How mystery meat just became a whole lot more mysterious, a quick primer on inequality, and nope no problem here...
There's an opinion held by a great many that sailing is really hard work and judging by the way some people talk and outfit their boats you might even begin to believe it.
I don't.
The thing is, I'm the first to admit that I'm a pretty lazy guy. It's not so much that I'm against hard work in a good cause but hard work for the sake of hard work when it's not needful just isn't smart. Or to be a little bit clearer... Seriously dumb.
A well-designed boat should not involve a lot of hard work to sail it and, if you're having a hard time, there is a goodly chance that you have simply set the boat up badly, not sailing the boat correctly, or just doing something stupid.
By all means call me opinionated...
There is an excellent little video over at Off Center Harbor (you really do need to subscribe) showing a guy single handing his schooner in a no-muss-no-fuss-trauma-free fashion that shows just how easy sailing could be when you let the boat do most of the donkey work and keep things simple.
Listening to some Americana raga
So it goes...
Bruce+
1 hour ago
