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Originally Posted by Geek_Guy
The point is that you can get sailing experience by crewing. But you aren't likely to be aware of the many other issues, maintenance, system issues that are very important for spending time on a sailboat. Many people are surprised that they will run into issues with the plumbing systems, or electrical systems, carpentry and more. Those of us with an older boat spends many hours on all of these. The skills you develop will be critical if your forever boat develops a problem. You'll have dealt with how to trace an electrical circuit, or replace a plumbing part.
Most people don't have one forever boat anyway. It's often a good thought that doesn't really happen in reality.
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You have a good point.
Day sailing, or even weekend excursions don't lend themselves as much to
learning the systems of a cruising boat. And maybe it's a question for a different thread but I'd very much like to learn as much as I can about things other than setting & trimming
sails too. I've even considered
buying an cheap/old/small/nonfunctional
diesel boat
engine from a scrap yard and fixing it up as a
learning exercise. Or maybe practicing some
fiberglass work on scrapwood. The question with things like that is how much of the learning transfers to life on a boat.