They tell you a boat is but a hole in the water you throw money into. That’s a lie. It is a very large hole, with teak decking, stainless fittings, and a bill from the marina that could bankrupt many a small nation.
If you have ever thought yourself wealthy, just buy a boat. That delusion will be corrected faster than a mast snaps in a storm. The boat will teach you humility, poverty, and the precise cost of a bolt that could’ve been bought at the hardware store for fifty cents but, on a boat, requires a loan officer and a solemn prayer.
A man once asked me how to become a millionaire through sailing. I told him: “It’s easy, friend. Start as a billionaire.” He thought I was joking. The following week, he bought a 45-footer. The week after that, he was serving drinks on it—to me.
Sailing, you see, is the most expensive way ever invented to go somewhere very slowly while getting wet, lost, and sunburnt. But we endure it because, now and then, the sails catch just right, the water lies flat like glass, and you feel richer than Croesus—until the bilge pump quits, the engine won’t start, and the marina hands you another invoice with a smile as wide as the horizon.
So yes, sailing will make you a millionaire. Just remember: the wind is free. Everything else costs more than your sanity.
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