Food and drink included and maybe more? I would be interested to know why you as a boatowner are looking for an amateur or a retiree or hobbyist or simply perhaps a well-meaning person with a lot of time on their hands to provide their knowledge and skills and experience to you free of charge instead of taking on their services of a professional or going to a
sailing school? As a boatowner are you going to get a friendly shade-tree
mechanic to
work on the
engine? A pal when you need your computer disinfected and analyzed and backed up etc? A nice person with sewing skills to make a sail? A hobbyist to
paint the
hull or
repair fiberglass? The
wind may be free but
buying a boat and owning a boat is not. Do you take your car to a
mechanic? Do you hire a plumber or electrician or landscaper at your home? Do your
taxes pay for schools? Did you pay to go to college or a vocational
school? Why is it different with sailing training-especially when you have already "invested" in the boat, unless that were free too? I ask this in all seriousness and candor--and fully expect the usual thread of responses we have come to expect. I supposes it is nice that a retired attorney has already offered to be of help, but I wonder how much free
legal advice that person gave during his career? Most lawyers do give pro bono help to the needy, but most lawyers are highly compensated but free
legal advice to owners of cruising sailboats? I know he was offering free sailing advice, but why shouldn't there be a labor pool of professional sailing trainers? Thank you.