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How do I really feel about it? That it’s insufferable. I already wrote that. We are moving toward a society where pursuit of revenue no longer has off hours. That’s horrific and dystopian. I don’t consider this position contrarian nor neckbeard nor particularly weird.

It is positively horrifying that some people set out on a hobby to fulfill others, and also that we’re establishing that as financially rewarding. Sailing, in particular, is about returning to the sea and charting your own path. There’s varying levels of mysticism to that in peoples’ relationships with it, but most entry-level zealots, even, would cock their head at the notion of spending your time sailing caring what other people think about it. What is the point of a hobby in the end? If you want a business, call it a business. A satellite dish for YouTube posting means your sailing is a business. And that’s fine. Just say that.

I also considered your entire litigation on the precision of the person’s language before even creating this account. It’s telling that your substantive rebuttal is lawyering the language, not addressing the point. I considered your “couple things” before you said them and disregarded them. You’re arguing that 10% charity in comprehension dispenses 100% of the point. Unsuccessfully.

> Digital media: most popular boats have satellite com on board and produce one quality youtube video every week. Photos, blogs, manage fans on Instagram. You were hoping to get away from the hustle? You will be back in it quickly.

There is a subtle assumption here in your aside remark that you think those interested in sailing are also interested in being popular doing it, probably because you’re interested in being popular doing it, and are very, very comfortably the outlier in the global sailing community. I’ve heard this from some hands, too, who are obsessed with the appearance of the vessel when near harbor.

When I bought my boat I didn’t see Instagram fan management nor sailing for others in the requirements of taking care of it. That’s your interest, and casting it as an inevitable future of boat ownership is almost as insufferable as what’s happened to camping and vans. Please keep in mind that most do pursue this hobby precisely to avoid getting on with that faff, and your experiences make you unique, not representative of ownership.

The experience is for you. Share it with those you love. That’s my take, and we will clearly disagree, so don’t think I’m trying to convince you. I say that because you’ve just become an advocate for sailing in this thread, and I’d rather the vast majority of people who find that type of thing intolerable don’t come to think it’s all sailors do and get turned off the hobby.