Poll: How much time would you like to spend on your boat?

[CaptK]

Oddly enough, because we are getting a mostly a miss from this storm, I'll be working instead of tending lines to keep Epiphany safe this weekend. This means I probably won't get to see her, certainly not spend a night or two onboard. Both previous weekends I've spent at least 36 hours onboard. The thought that I won't be makes me a bit sad. I miss my boat!

I wish I had no bills, and could just take off and spend months or years cruising around. I *never* get tired of being onboard! That got me to wondering - is everyone like this? Would you spend ALL of your time onboard, if you could?

Vote in the poll (it's anonymous), or comment if you'd like.

[Bruce Woods]

Well, just thought a day off the boat every week or so would be about right.

[multimedia_smith]

We need to qualify if "on - board" includes working/puttering/fiddling time on board while not actually sailing.  If that was the case, I think the numbers would skyrocket. :lol:

[CaptK]

We need to qualify if "on - board" includes working/puttering/fiddling time on board while not actually sailing.

Dale -

It does for me!

Heck, I bet that for every hour we sail, there's *at least* 1 hour of onboard fiddlin'. :mrgreen:

[miata]

I am retired and need good weather. I could sail 7 days a week if the weather is good.
Miata

[K3v1n]

Well since I'm still in the market for a CP, I'm thinking that I'd like to be out on her both days on the weekend. I know with my Carolina Skiff this past summer, it seemed to be every other weekend because of bad weather, and then just one day.  

[Seaweed]

I would like to win the lottery, chuck it all and spend the rest of my life small boat cruising.  Should that happen I may upgrade to a Horizon Cat, but I can't see me going any larger than that.  I would of course be spending a lot of night - not all but a lot - in some fancy hotels, or B&B's that would give me a view of my boat at the docks.  

Every one needs a dream and as I haven't won the lottery yet I must still swallow the anchor temporarily and go ashore to earn money.  

Tom G. (Seaweed) :wink:

[Craig Weis]

Right now in the dead of winter, I'd love to be on the deck of my Com-Pac 19 XL for a little sailing time . I miss my boat and this snowstrom is filling my driveway as I type.

I have a zillion piddly things to do from a drop of brown paint for a microscopic chip on my boot stripe that allows the white gelcoat to peek through to a better storage :idea:  idea astern.

But I have to get her out of the barn and that is not going to happen untill the snow melts away from the barn doors. That will be about 12-Apr-2005. A long ways away. :roll:

[Damsel19]

Well I gues I am spoiled because I work on other peoples boats every day.  But I like to spend any free time sailing or on a prodject.  DAMSEL is a stock 1982 so there are a few projects.

[sawyer]

I really don't like sailing on the weekends much, too many stink boats out racing around the lakes.  I am fortunate to have lots of days off during the week and only every other weekend off, so sailing alone with nobody on the lakes except a few fishermen is a real possibility most of the time.    I'm comfortable with 2 days a week in the summer and 1 day a week spring and fall, maybe I would sail longer periods with a larger more comfortable boat, ie 23 ft, but I still like to trailer.  Doug,   CP-16,   Yet Un-named.

[Alec Hart]

Alright - I've gotta say - I think I could spend the rest of my life on a boat.  I've been joking that "Perseverance" was "my retirement plan"
Imagine not having ANY time to sail...
Oh wait... I don't...

The only thing I don't like about sailing is the shore - so, given the right excuse, I'd "untie forever"

With that - my CP's for sale, and she's ready to go... Hey K3v1n, you interested?

[dusty]

alec, you've got a point.

out to sea, out to sea.

heard a story on npr this afternoon about a merchant sailor who was one of like thirty seven to pick up a copy of this guy's nineteen thirties album which contained a river traditional (guitar accompaniment) because it was as close to a sea shanty as he could find. pretty good for a sailor with no best buy to run into and put on some headphones to hear whats playin.

i guess.

i say, "

as long as the charter pays me

."

hey, hafta keep the boat up

[dusty]

the whole while

[multimedia_smith]

Waiting for it to cool off here, summer absolutely sucks in the New Orleans area.  Just when most of our Northern bretheren are hauling out for the winter... we finally can start enjoying sailing. 
Summer here:
hull hot enough to burn skin, wind either non-existent or howling thunder and lightning, we sail mostly at night...
October through May: occasionally cold, mostly nice, watch for fronts to move through and terriffic conditions that follow.
Oh yeah, watch out for hurricanes.
I have the luxury of making my own schedule, so I watch the weather and get out whenever I can. The idea of being restricted to weekends just affects whether or not I can take my daughter along (no school nights allowed).

[Bob23]

   Well, since I enjoy working on  the 1985 23/2 "Unchained" almost as much as I do sailing her, I do spend quite a lot of time with her. To tinker with, improve and maintain such a fine yacht is a pleasure. Nothing worse than trying to improve something that shouldn't exist in the first place. Not so with my baby- she and I love the time we spend together whether it's tinkering under the winter cover in January or on a broad reach in Barnegat Bay in June.
   I guess the real trick is not so much quantity, but to make each moment quality. That being said, I must be honest and admit I covet more time on the water. This summer! As a wise friend said these profound words to me:
"If you don't take time off, no one will do it for you!"
   Something to ponder this cold, February night.
   Fair, warm breezes to all- Bob