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Sailing Myths: Debunked

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Source: https://pixabay.com/en/marin-sailing-sport-ocean-boat-1703839/ S ince first hitting the water a year or so ago, I have begun to develop a real taste for sailing. Though apprehensive initially, over the last few voyages I have realised that many of my qualms about seafaring were unfounded. I’ve now been out to sea several times and really enjoyed every minute of each trip. So, in the hope of reassuring other potential boat lovers, here are some of the misgivings I had about sailing that turned out to have no basis in reality: You have to be rich Source: https://pixabay.com/en/fishing-boat-denmark-beach-sea-49523/ There is a commonly held idea that you must possess the wealth of a Russian oligarch to own or even step on a boat that isn’t the ferry from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight. Whilst it’s true that luxury yachts are out of most people’s financial reach, sailing as a hobby is not. A small second hand boat can cost as little as an iPad and annual members