Occasionally someone says something thoughtful about our sport on Sailing Anarchy, in this case two on the subject of owning your own boat.

Nick Hayes author of Saving Sailing: "...when the boat is made exceptional by our own plans and hands, the sport becomes priceless..." More at http://www.sailinganarchy.com/article.php?get=4868

Jesse Falsone a 505 sailor out of Severn SA on the "the seeming demise of the dream of boat ownership".
http://www.sailinganarchy.com/article.php?get=4849 and http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=100940

I read here the descriptions of work people have done or are doing on their J/30s and I am thankful to both be part of it and able to support it some way.