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Old 03-26-2008
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Are airplanes and cars making sailboats obsolete?

Nobody needs a sailboat. I can't think of any reason for somebody to use a sailboat that isn't also a reason for somebody to use a sextant:

1) Sailboats are fun (for some people). Sextants are fun (for some people).
2) Sailboats are a new skill to master; so are sextants.
3) Sailboats are a show of wealth; so are sextants.
4) Sailboats connect us to our traditional roots; so do sextants.
5) Sailboats don't fundamentally depend on modern technology; neither do sextants.
6) Sailboats bring us closer to nature; so do sextants.
7) Sailboats help you get from point A to point B; so do sextants.

It's astonishing to me that anybody on this forum can think that sextants are becoming obsolete.
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