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If you think sailing is a rich man's (or woman's) game, think again! For less than 200 you can buy a used Sunfish. Got a budget of around 2,500? You executive email list can do what I did and buy an O'Day Sailboarder -- AND trailer -- in excellent condition. Once I had my boat, it was a five-minute drive down to the lake and I was off with executive email list the wind. And the best part? All the time I spent sailing was ABSOLUTELY FREE! That's right! Unlike the greedy oil companies, Mother Nature lets us use the wind's energy for free. What a deal! So, while my power boat friends were taking out bank loans to pay for gasoline executive email list and marina slips, my biggest expense was an annual registration sticker (35 in New Hampshire).

When you consider that the average 150 HP executive email list power boat owner will spend about 54 PER HOUR just on gas to drive around in circles, it's easy to see that small sailboats are an incredible bargain... and a lot more fun! When I was a kid I used to hang out at the marinas in East Nor walk, CT. I was amazed that even executive email list on the nicest summer weekends, most of the sailboats never left their slips. They were such beautiful boats -- beautiful but neglected. Not that they were in executive email list bad condition -- most looked perfect from a maintenance standpoint. However, the owners rarely seemed to have time to actually sail them. What a shame!

The advantage of thinking small when it executive email list comes to sailing is that you will spend less time and money on maintenance. You won't need a large crew to go out on the water. And you'll be less concerned about repairs because there is less to go wrong. Of course, you also won't have a boat loan to pay or an expensive executive email list boat slip to worry about every month. Many beginning sailors get their start in what I call "wet boats" like the Sunfish or Laser. They're an excellent way to get out on the water executive email list and learn the basics of sailing.