Tillerman's Latest Challenge; Two Core Principles

I don't know where Tillerman comes up with this stuff but he has thrown down the gauntlet to define sailing in two core principles, from which, everything else about sailing is derived.

Easy......

1. You will get WET!..... Not wet like in a shower wet, or a pool wet, but; usually a very, very cold wet, or a wet that will keep enveloping you like someone doing a cannonball in your face over and over again, or an icky baywater wet, or a saltwater wet that will leave you caked in crystals.
2. And you will GO SLOW!......No! you will never get to the Eastern shore in an hour, how about a good day if you're lucky, and sometimes, if you are forced to race, it may take you 3 hours to go two and half miles ...you could walk faster!.... (and there are those days you might not do even that speed).

And, if you LOVE SAILING, 1 and 2 are ALL GOOD! And if you think 1 or 2 are ridiculous you will make sure everybody onboard will know how painful and/or boring this sport of sailing is.

All, this I have learned from my good wife from all these years (actually she taught me this very early on when we were still dating).

And these two core principles for wooden boat owners submitted by Earwigoagin's European correspondent, Romain. (Romain owns a beautiful wooden International 12 foot dinghy, lapstrake constructed, with umpteen, gazillion strakes per side.)

"How about:

1) Winter will be too short to properly maintain your wooden boat.

2) Summer will be too short to sail it fully enough."