T&T: Diesel or gas

[Faure, Marin]

>Terry said: The most fun is had at the edges of the envelope: the
smallest, the newest, the biggest, the oldest, the weirdest, the cutest,
the fastest, the slowest, the most complex, the simplest,,,


This is the only part of Terry's post I don't necessarily agree with.
Fun is what you make of it.  I know people with bone-stock Bayliners who
have more genuine fun with their boats than people I know who have
unique, classic, one-of-a-kind wooden boats from the 30s and 40s.  Fun
is an attitude, not a possession.  Granted, having the right boat (car,
motorcycle, airplane, fly rod) can certainly add to a person's
experience so that they get more fun out of it, although it's not a
requirement for fun.  But a unique "thing" and fun are not, in my
opinion, mutually dependent.

If all a person is willing to spend, or if all they want to deal with,
dictates a fiberglass production boat identical to 67 other boats of the
same make and model in the marina and has what to some people is zero
character, the sales contract will not say "Fun is an unavailable option
on this boat."   I'm not saying that people at the edges of the envelope
don't have loads of fun with their unique boats. I'm just saying that
people right smack in the middle of the envelope can have every bit as
much fun.  So a potential boat owner should never get the idea that
unless he or she buys a boat that's unique in some way they will be
missing out on some important aspect of the boating experience.


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C. Marin Faure
GB36-403 "La Perouse"
Bellingham, Washington