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This is a nit, but there's a difference between sailing on a dinghy vs sailing on a yacht. The former seems to be what she is talking about growing up. Sailing
by breck 9y ago
This is a nit, but there's a difference between sailing on a dinghy vs sailing on a yacht. The former seems to be what she is talking about growing up. Sailing on a dinghy has little to do with class---poor people have been doing that for literally thousands of years. It's more of a function of growing up near the water vs not. I think it's rare nowadays, but back then land near water was quite a lot cheaper.
- dvt 9y agoYou're correct in that even today, rural kids that live in, say, New England, take boats out all the time. But there's a difference between sailing to fish for sustenance and racing "long distance to Bermuda and down both of America’s coasts."