I guess I'm a lucky bastard!

[Brian D]

They need to define the word "town". The vast majority of those places are cities. Too crowed and too expensive.

 

[Bob S]

I got a free subscription to Yachting from a boat show and it is all about mega yachts all power. Sailing areas would be different

 

[Will Gilmore]

Yachting isn't sailing, it is expensive boating.

Sailing is about sailing. However, some sailboats are yachts too and where a yacht can go sailboats can go too.

- Will (Dragonfly)

 

[jon hansen]

Yachting isn't sailing, it is expensive boating.

Sailing is about sailing. However, some sailboats are yachts too and where a yacht can go sailboats can go too.

- Will (Dragonfly)

not so much , Will. the word yacht comes from an old Swedish word that meant. vessel not used for work.
so pleasure vessel = yacht. has nothing to do with size or cost. so yachting is the act of boating for the fun of it.

 

[jon hansen]

town: is a fenced in area. a fortified place, camp, ...

 

[TomY]

not so much , Will. the word yacht comes from an old Swedish word that meant. vessel not used for work.
so pleasure vessel = yacht. has nothing to do with size or cost. so yachting is the act of boating for the fun of it.

The word yacht has a stigma in the US. Seems to be a vague line drawn where most of us own 'boats', beyond that are the really big 'yachts'.

But around the world, it's a different matter, as you say. Friends and acquaintances from the EU always refer to sailboats as yachts. There is no pretension as to size or value.

Sailors are often (always, in many cases) referred to as Yachtsmen.

Here's the culprit, Thurston Howell.

 

[jon hansen]

Hugh Hefner wore a hat like that too. i think i'm going to get me one of those

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talk about a lucky bastard. starting at age twelve, i thought he was a god

 

[Bob S]

We’re all lucky we’re able to persue our passion

 

[rpwillia]

Hilda Crocketts Chesapeake House on Tangier is awesome. I could only eat 3 crabcakes; can't wait to go back.

 

[NotCook]

Give me a easy harbor to get into, parts store, and happy hour all afternoon and I’m a happy guy.

We have poorly marked reefs (in some cases, like Christiansted), severely limited but expensive chandlers, sometimes pretty “sporty” seas in the 20-30’ range, and happy hour basically all day, but we do have beautiful blue water and and temps running in the mid-80’s year round. And an abundance of coconut palms and mango trees. It’s rough, but somebody has to do it!