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From: kalliste318 (no email)
Date: Fri Jun 18 2004 - 07:38:17 EDT
Slocum and countless others have crossed oceans and circumnavigated
the globe with no "options."
:)
Jay White
Calypso
York River, Virginia
--- In , "masssheltie"
<masssheltie at h dot dot dot > wrote:
> I am spec-ing out a blue water sailboat, and went down the option
> list choosing items that I thought would be useful. When I tallied
> up the total, the bill came to over $50,000. This obviously won't
> work.
>
> I don't mind buying things that will make my boat safer, more
> seaworthy, and enjoyable to sail. I don't want options that will
end
> up being unreliable maintenance headaches.
>
> Are there any options that just don't work in a cruising boat? I
was
> thinking of things like roller furling for headsails, Heart
> Inverters, Autopilots, engine-driven refrigeration, Maxprop, water
> makers, etc.
>
> Thanks
> Chris
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