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Sailing Anonymous
Why don't more people sail?

Its an awesome sport - what gives?

Its not that expensive - you can get a scary ride for a couple grand.
>> Anonymous
also it's expensive
>> Anonymous
Its totally a sport, in a modern dinghy you need to be really fit to keep it upright and dry and to sail it fast. They are physically and mentally demanding boats to sail (which is why they are fast and awesome)

The very top sailors train all day and in the boats and gym - how is that not a sport?

And expensive is relative - maybe its expensive compared to the single pair of boots that you need to play soccer. But not compared to anything else that needs specialized equipment like mountain biking or snowboarding.
>> Anonymous
>>20353
I got a couple of reasons.

# Expensive
The boat costs a lot as does the maintenance of it. You need a dock or a car and a trailer to transport from and to the water. You need a place to store the boat if you dont have a dock.

# Sea sickness

# The weather
I live in Scandinavia. We only have a few weeks of sunny weather.
>> Lolwut
Physically and mentally demanding?

So's working at Chili's, but that's not a sport, either. Get fucked.
>> Poker Jesus !GxdVfejQco
I did sailing for 6 months. Learnt how to do it. Got really bored doing it. Even raced once coming second. The only thrills doing it was in really poor weather and bad seas was nearly getting hit by a huge oil tanker. I stopped after that.