Yolung whippersnappers!
Jeez guys! All you people in your fifties worried about getting too old to run a sailboat? I'm 73 but when I'm out on that boat with a twenty knot breeze making hull speed with 15 degrees of heel, I am 18 again. With rope clutches, winches and windlass (main concession to tender loving care of my back) I can still single-hand our O'Day 37 and expect to be able to long after the mortgage is paid off in another five years. The only thing is I don't pretzelize as well as I used to and occasionally need some young whippersnapper with more supple joints than mine to go into tight places and fix things. There is a lot of research showing that those who stay active generally have better health longer so that they can enjoy staying active longer. Not for me the park bench and newspaper wrapped in scarves and woolies. The scarves and woolies and long johns come in handy in the cockpit on brisk early spring or late autumn days with time to read the papers after the day's sailing is done, hot toddy or whatever in hand. Prehaps a virgin or two also.
Jeez guys! All you people in your fifties worried about getting too old to run a sailboat? I'm 73 but when I'm out on that boat with a twenty knot breeze making hull speed with 15 degrees of heel, I am 18 again. With rope clutches, winches and windlass (main concession to tender loving care of my back) I can still single-hand our O'Day 37 and expect to be able to long after the mortgage is paid off in another five years. The only thing is I don't pretzelize as well as I used to and occasionally need some young whippersnapper with more supple joints than mine to go into tight places and fix things. There is a lot of research showing that those who stay active generally have better health longer so that they can enjoy staying active longer. Not for me the park bench and newspaper wrapped in scarves and woolies. The scarves and woolies and long johns come in handy in the cockpit on brisk early spring or late autumn days with time to read the papers after the day's sailing is done, hot toddy or whatever in hand. Prehaps a virgin or two also.