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quilombo
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Initially Posted - 05/03/2008 :  17:50:49  Show Profile
just wondering , whats the age group of the sailors out there,
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EAbrams
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Response Posted - 05/03/2008 :  17:54:33  Show Profile
55.... And retiring this June after 36 years..
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newell
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Response Posted - 05/03/2008 :  18:00:44  Show Profile
Sixty-six and retiring next year. Been sailing for over 60 years.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 05/03/2008 :  18:33:29  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
Just turned 50, this is my third Indiscipline. Each boat has been older and slower.
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 05/03/2008 :  19:37:27  Show Profile
Fifty-four and NOT retiring anytime soon.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 05/03/2008 :  19:47:59  Show Profile
55 t-minus 2 years to retirement.
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 05/03/2008 :  20:14:54  Show Profile
I'm 55. Should I tell you that I retired 14 years ago? Well, sort of. I retired from my first career (USAF) and am well on my way in my second.
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Dave Otey
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Response Posted - 05/03/2008 :  20:25:57  Show Profile  Visit Dave Otey's Homepage
59 this August and planning on retiring in 3 years. Sailing 4 years...late bloomer.
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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 05/03/2008 :  20:41:29  Show Profile
54 -- and will be shoveling the coal until the last kid is through school!!!!
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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 05/03/2008 :  20:52:43  Show Profile  Visit OLarryR's Homepage
59 and not retiring soon. My wife won't let me, she say's I'm too young and I have to also pay for all the toys I buy for myself.
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Cbucki1
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Response Posted - 05/03/2008 :  21:04:48  Show Profile
Just turned 29 and on my 3rd sailboat (first boat was a J24, followed by a Catalina 22 and now my Catalina 25)

Not retiring any time soon...
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 05/03/2008 :  23:11:03  Show Profile
63 and retired, and reluctantly sold Passage at 61 after losing her Admiral to cancer... Went over to the Dark Side to be able to join friends in distant ports, keep the boat at my condo, and do some all-weather cruising with my new "very good friend" who has many time constraints. Bruce Ross is the indirect beneficiary--Passage is in good hands.
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Davy J
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  06:33:41  Show Profile
43, And unless Gov. Charlie Crist does something about property taxes and insurance like he promised, I will most likely need 2 jobs in my "retirement".
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quilombo
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  08:53:45  Show Profile
ok, looks like Im with some impressive company,
wish I was going to retire , guess I didnt plan on getting older,,lol,
Im 47
nice to meet you all
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tinob
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  09:58:51  Show Profile
Seventy eight this November...retired in 1992.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT,# 3936, Patchogue, N.Y.
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gnorgan
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  11:00:58  Show Profile
Just turned 58 and planning on retiring from teaching in two years. Meeting with retirement counselor this Thursday to discuss $$ amounts for next year versus 60 and 61 plus all other things that factor into the decision.
First sailed back in 1972 on a sabot, then Lido 14. Sailed and raced a used Prindle 16, then a new (yellow!!) Prindle 16 for over 10 years. Sold the catamaran to buy two kids (no time I thought). Bought a used Catalina 22 (1985 vintage) to sail and race (had racing main and mylar 150 - Wow!!). Sold it to buy the current C25.
If one has LOTS of history it means you have lived a long time but it also means you can talk about all the things you've done....and for far longer than anyone really wants to listen
Six more weeks until summer vacation. Yippeeeee!!!
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Carl B.
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  11:11:56  Show Profile
<b><font size="5"><font color="green">43</font id="green"></font id="size5"></b>
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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  11:14:27  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by gnorgan</i>
<br />...Meeting with retirement counselor this Thursday to discuss $$ amounts for next year versus 60 and 61 plus all other things that factor into the decision...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Gary, this could turn into a discussion like Sten's about living aboard... If you love what you're doing more than the alternative (<i>whatever</i> that is), keep doing it. If not, don't wait. Nobody ever lay on their death-bed wishing they'd spent more time at the office! (...or your case, in the classroom.)
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Oksky
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  11:15:05  Show Profile
Going to be 54 this summer. Not sure if I'm retired or just unemployed. My first boat going to launch it as soon as the lake gets high enough.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  12:50:15  Show Profile
When I first got into sailing in my early 30's, nearly every sailor in my marina was either retired or close to it. Most had grandchildren older than my kids, my youngest was still an infant. 13 or so years later, my oldest is headed off to college in the fall (UofM...<font color="navy"><b>Go Blue</b></font id="navy">) and the bulk of the sailors in the marina are still older than younger, with me playing catch up. Other than the owner of a Stilleto catamaran, you'd be hardpressed to find a sailor younger than 40 with most closer to 50 and beyond.
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vagabond II
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  13:30:39  Show Profile
Irene and Ben Brooks 75 & 79 respectively


We sail on Barnegat Bay New Jersey with a 1981 Catalina 25 Standard Rig.called Windsong
Our home port is the Ocean Gate Yacht Basin Marina
Retired after 39.6 years as a toomaker with the General Motors Corp.
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Prospector
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  15:33:42  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
Um. I guess I shoulda waited a few years to be in the right demographic. I'm 35, wife is 28, kids are 10 & 1 month.

Most of our marina is in their 50's or more...
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piseas
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  16:47:16  Show Profile  Visit piseas's Homepage
56<font color="navy"></font id="navy">, but please don't remind me.

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SteveRoberts
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  18:34:49  Show Profile
49, still a long way from retirement.

We sail in Puget Sound these days.
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quilombo
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  19:30:46  Show Profile
wow, this is an impressive group, Im surprised that most are in their 50's and older, guess I discovered sailing just in time
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Deric
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Response Posted - 05/04/2008 :  19:44:32  Show Profile
45 here,, and depending on my next boat, I may be retiring in 10 or 25 years. Heh! KaCHING $$$$$

After all, it's sailing priorities that dictate my retirement.
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