I get a kick out of Steinberg’s comments about the “rich guys’ yachts” as if he doesn’t have quite a few pesos stashed away for himself.
I got a kick out of that one, myself!
I have enjoyed the pleasure of sailing on many “yachts”.
I remember once “we” waited for our turn to navigate the waterways under a bridge in the city. I had to drive over that bridge every day to get to work, and again on that particular night, to get to the marina to board the “yacht”... It was very cool to experience motoring under that bridge, for once.
Many of my friends owned sail boats. Some of them lived year round on their boats, some worked their boats for charter fishing and/or sailing businesses, and a select few just sailed whenever they got the chance, purely for pleasure.
I enjoyed several dozen sunset sailing cruises on various yachts, and learned many things that help me navigate through life.
1.If you always bring snacks and/or drinks, and always help clean up the boat after it docks, you will always be invited to return, and other people will also invite you onto their boat.
2.If you are willing to follow simple directions, the captain is willing to teach you what you need to know to become part of the crew, even if your role is simple ballast, there is honor in filling that role to the best of your ability.
3.Yachts have to be hulled, and few people will actually pitch in and help with the hard physical work of maintaining a yacht.
4.I will never, ever buy a boat! No matter how much money I might manage to acquire. The sheer number of people who think they deserve and even have a right, to sail on my boat, simply because I have a boat and they don’t sickens me.