The spars and rigging are a significant fraction of the price of any sailboat. If you don't think so, try getting a quote on replacing the standing, running rigging and spars on your boat sometime.
I think powerboats took a serious hit in popularity last summer...when fuel prices were around the $5/gallon mark.
However, you guys do realize that you've managed to dredge up a thread that had lain dormant for over three years, right???
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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