Last year, we probably spent 60 hours working improvements and noncritical fixes, 100 hours on discussions and watching videos, and about 6 hours sailing.
On the road right now on the way back from Charleston Race Week.
30 hours of driving. 20 hours in the boatyard rigging and derigging. 2 hours each day getting the boat ready and packing/rigging things. We did 10 races total, each about 40 mins.
There’s an immense satisfaction moving a large complex object a long distance. Building it, using it, taking it apart, and moving it back once again.
To be fair there is a lot of maintenance involved with owning a boat in general. Whether moored or trailered things will rot/degrade but alas yes it's classic
edit: about to head to the marina to take care of some stuff at night lol, it's "clean the carb" time
My buddy is a bit of a perfectionist, so is always trying to resolve perceived shortcomings in various systems. And if we were doing a trans-oceanic race, that fixation on performance and safety would be worthwhile. But we are doing coastal pleasure sailing, so a lot of his optimizations are overkill.
IMO, 10:1 is a terrible "maintenance versus enjoyment hours" ratio.
Last year, we probably spent 60 hours working improvements and noncritical fixes, 100 hours on discussions and watching videos, and about 6 hours sailing.