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Who owns the boats? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 115 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The ideas that normies don't sail isn't true. I'm a normie and not rich and I started a sailing school because it's fun as hell. You don't need ^to ^own a boat to go sailing, you only need to know how.

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  • [–] 125 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Homie how tf are you sailing with no boat?

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  • [–] 71 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This simple trick, 🏴‍☠️

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    A friend with a boat is what you want. Same with a pool.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    you join a club and are crew. it's literally how most sailing clubs function. How the hell are you supposed to race a boat if only the owner gets to be on it? The larger the boat the more the crew you need. The fees at my club for crew are $40 a year. That's like 1/3 the cost of netflix and way more worth it. And many clubs also have a "why buy?" club where you can captain one of the fleet boats a certain number of times a year and bring your own crew.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Rent a boat?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The same way you live in a place that you don't own.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    OK, but you don't see me starting an "apartment renting school"

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Can confirm, especially the smaller sailboats like lasers and such. You can get going insanely fast on a windy day on the lake :)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Sunfish are the best. Why, you ask? Just scroll down until you see something... 'jolly'

    spoilerNow, these aren't official class sails, but who is going to be racing a sunfish anyway, right? ;) I'm also shocked at the price increase. I paid $150 for mine 10 years ago, which is 1/3 of the true class sails needed for racing.

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