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Guys...I'm just a young whippersnapper still dreaming of social security checks and medicare (7 years to go!) <g> but we personally have met a lot of folks in tbeir 60's and 70's in our cruising including some circumnavigators. In fact...I'd say there are more "medicare" cruisers out there than people under 35.
I think the big deal as you get older is your health and fitness rather than your age. Concurrently...the biggest concern for cruisers with health issues is treatment availability and quality and cost, drug supplies, emergencies and spouses worrying what happens to them if the other keels over while at sea. On the other hand...just surviving to age 65 and being in a position to go cruising makes older cruisers rather special and bodes well for their sucess since they are generally prudent sailors.
Certainly also a loss of strength/agility as one ages converts many an older sailor to a trawler person. That's why I count trawler people as sailors!! I really do think that most trawler owners have the same approach to cruising as sailors.
Anyway...that's my opinion. Maybe I'll feel differently in a few years!! What do you guys think?
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