[C320-list] Recent traffic

[Jerry Brown]

We sold our 320 this fall on my retirement this fall.  Life moves on as 
noted below.  We are just extremely busy, ironically leaving little time 
for the boat.  Our son and his family equally had no time available for 
the boat with all their other scheduled sporting activities.  I am a bit 
surprised that no one has mentioned the impact of demographics on the 
economy and by extension boating.  If you have a moment read "Boom, Bust 
and Echo" from a few years ago. It gives an interesting perspective 
outside of day to day politics.

I am still getting lots of water time taking individuals in Toronto with 
different physical and intellectual abilities out on the water in Martin 
and Sonar sailboats.  The Martins for example can accommodate anyone 
right up to full quadriplegics.  I get to be on the water in fun boats 
and with individuals who might not otherwise get on the water.  A Win 
Win for all and no maintenance or costs for me.

I was sad to see the 320 go but it was time.

Jerry Brown
Formerly Indigo #1137

On 2015-10-29 10:18 AM, Rick Sonntag wrote:
> I think the decline of sailing's popularity parallels that of golf. Both
> hobbies draw from a similar demographic, and that demographic is "aging
> out" of the sport without any significant replenishment from the younger
> generation. The reasons for the lack of replenishment are numerous, from
> the widely observed decline of the middle class to the fragmentation of the
> market for other competing leisure activities (there are now far more
> options including health clubs, higher participation of youth in scheduled
> activities, thousands of cable channels, millions of options for digital
> content of all types).
>
> ​The claim that middle class economic woes are caused by ​growth in taxes
> in the US is not supported by the facts. US Federal taxes as a % of GDP are
> about where they were in the 1960s and 1970s, and have come down
> significantly since the late 1990s. And the economy in the late 1990s, when
> taxes as % of GDP were highest, is one that many would love to have today.
> See the "Totals" column at
> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=205 .