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@MrDrem
Heh, when I did the Tall Ships Race (years ago, before I went to uni), one of the old hands that was sailing with us told us never to buy our own boats. Always be happy sailing someone else's he said, it's cheaper. If you ever get tempted to buy your own boat, go and stand a a cold shower with a stack of twenty pound notes, and tear them up as fast as you can. If that still feels good, then go and buy a boat, it'll still be more expensive than the tearing the notes up in a shower, but you might at least get a little more pleasure out of it.
I'm still often tempted by the boat, and I might even get myself something small at some point, but not any time soon.