I had a Catalina 25 before. I needed to feel superior to somebody, so I got
a Catalina 27.
(Just kidding)
--Dave Shugarts
On 10/2/07 3:19 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Re a C27 as a yacht ...
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> I donated a afternoon sail and on-board dinner on my boat for a silent auction
> at the church. Advertised it as "Spend a day on your very own yacht." So
> someone comes up to me and says, "You own a yacht?" all big-eyed. I replied,
> "It's only a 'yacht' if you want to get someone to pay a bunch of money.
> Otherwise, it's just a boat."
>
> Tom
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> "Joe McCary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent by: [email protected] 10/02/2007 09:19 AM
> Please respond to
> [email protected]
> To
> <[email protected]>
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> Subject
> RE: catalina27-talk: Without a big yacht, you ain't squat
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> Earlier last year there was an article in the Washington Post about the
> ultra wealthy in London. The article quoted one of the people talking about
> owning a yacht and said, "The world is divided into 2 classes; The HAVES and
> the HAVE Yachts!" I figure my $6K Catalina pushes me into the "Have Yachts"
> side.
>
> Joe McCary
> Aeolus II #4795
> West River, MD
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > On Behalf Of David Shugarts
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>> > Thought I would share the article in the New York Times today:
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>> > ³Today, a megayacht is indispensable,² said Olivier Milliex, head of yacht
>> > finance at the Dutch bank ING. ³It¹s not like 15 years ago, when a yacht
> was
>> > a luxury item.²
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