Hi Struther,
SM> Just HAD to get in that little dig about sailin', didn't ya?
SM> Actually, it was probably that everyone else was WORKING on their boats
SM> that kept them from joining you... we all know how hard the salt-water
SM> environment is on boats: work, work, work - so I guess that this lovely,
SM> boat-kindly environment actually lets us USE our boats more time after
SM> all; averaged out over the whole year!
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       Well, actually, no.  Lots of fresh water from the Fraser River pours
into our sailing waters keeping the salt levels low and our bottoms
relatively clean.  Drydocking once a year (that is, waiting for the low
tide rather than paying enormous amounts for haulout as is customary in
Ontario) is sufficient to clean and redo the bottom fairly inexpensively.
So you can safely say that we cannot sail roughly one day per year... as
apposed to the 7 months plus a day in your locale.  Hope this clarification
helps. 
     Cheers,
             Augustin~~~===
                             National Yacht Club, Toronto - S2STOR - S2SVCR
... Now that I've muddied the waters it's time to paddle off!
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