Tim I have seen this. Progression is from having a boat, to chartering in different areas (that is the good side of it), to chartering infrequently in your home area, to not sailing at all (the bad). Has to be carefully done. My vote would be for a lesser maintenance and cost and more easily crewed smaller boat that does not tie up a lot of money. my $0.02
________________________________ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Tim Goodyear Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 5:54 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Transitioning from Racing to Cruising? I'm going through the same thought process this year. Where I lived before, I was lucky enough to be able to pull together a crew from among friends and we grew to be a pretty good team. We relocated last year and I started building a crew from scratch where we didn't know anyone. We won two regattas last year with the old crew, who I imported for the weekend, but the rest of the year was highly frustrating and very stressful. I'm considering not trying again this year - I have an offer to crew on another boat, and my wife won't mind too much, but then I have to decide whether it's worth keeping a boat at all with vastly reduced use (and an endless maintenance list), or sailing my Laser off the beach and chartering a couple of weeks in the summer. Tim Mojito 1984 C&C 35-3 Branford, CT On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> wrote: Listers, Though I thought this day would never come (and I'm not saying it has yet), but given the difficulties in lining up crew, keeping them committed on a regular basis, and the costs, I'd like to know people's experiences in transitioning from racing their C&C to a life of cruising. Anyone here done it? Are you happy you did? I'm very curious to hear your stories, including the successes and regrets, if any. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37/40+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website <http://ncc1701a.blogspot.com/> _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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