[Rhodes22-list] Re:thank you

[Herb Parsons]

Actually, that was really directed primarily to Lloyd. That nature of a mail list is that everyone gets everything that is sent to the list.

>>> felix fig<felix70037 at yahoo.com> 8/11/2004 3:43:01 PM >>>
thank you but i am not interesting in selling. i to
just got the boat and i am wanting to get better it
sailing. i am only 24 so i have so more years in me 
felix

--- Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:

> Interesting title. If you remember the whole poem,
> the "The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of
> many things" part was really a ruse, and those that
> listened, all of the little oysters except the
> eldest one, suffered the consequences of being taken
> in.
> 
> That said, maybe instead of selling, find someone
> younger that has no access to a boat, but would be
> thrilled to learn to sail. Make him/her your first
> mate, begin teaching, and letting someone else do
> the work. Then you get to keep your beloved boat,
> maybe even passing it on to another who will
> appreciate it when you're gone.
> 
> I got into sailing WAY too late, but I will never
> sell my O'Day 25. One of my kids, or one of their
> husbands, or one of their kids, SOMEONE will
> eventually express an interest similar to mine. I'll
> begin taking him or her out, teaching them to sail.
> I've got four daughters and one son, with four
> grandkids already, and more to come (2 of the
> daughters haven't started having kiddo's yet), so I
> believe I'll have a wealth of opportunity.
> 
> Then, they will have the advantage of starting the
> sport at a much earlier age than I (I'm 47, and have
> been REALLY sailing for 2 years now), so the
> opportunities will be far greater for them than me.
> Add to that, I'll never have to watch my S/V O'Jure
> go to another owner.