He's right in omly one
line -- boating is expensive. What pleasure in life is not? Wife is expensive - kids are expensive - but could I or most of the rest of you imagine life without them? The only good thing I see in his advice is to charter a few times. No, that won't be cheap either, but you will learn whether or not sailing is somethingon which you might want to spend your money. When you decide you love it, buy the best boat you can afford, knowing full well that your annual cost will be double what you estimated. If you don't love it, buy a bigger T V and become a couch potato! LIVE!
My experience is that the bigger the boat, the more it costs with an exponential increase! The keelboat I now have not only is not trailerable, I can't even get it out of the water in our marina! She weighs 21000 lbs, the marina has a crane with a lift capacity of 15000. 8 miles upriver there is a power boat marina with a 60 ton travel lift. They can't lower my mast, it has to be done by the crane in our harbor. We had a lousy year for sailboats here last year, due to two floods, so we only used her 5-6 weekends. But I would not be without it!