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Sue,
All sailors it seems like to get their boats going faster. Some like to literally race and in round the marks.
I have only done one ocean "race"... the Marion Bermuda and for me it was only a safe way to get to know the ocean... off shore sailing... because I wanted to feel comfortable in taking my boat ... wherever.
I am not competitive and don't understand that head. I don't think one does change. Competition is ingrained in the American psyche... being a winner... getting ahead...
I lost interest in competitive sailing because like everything else it is so commercial and requires corporate sponsors.
The single thing that interests me about sailing is the ability to untether yourself from the mainstream. No roads... you can travel with "free energy" and to get wherever... you must rely on your own wits.
It might be fun to crew on someone's boat for a race... once every few years... but more than that is obsessive and compulsive.
jef
sv shiva
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