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Old December 9th 09, 06:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.owning,rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Reflections on a year of aircraft ownership

On Dec 9, 12:45*pm, Ross wrote:
brian whatcott wrote:
Ross wrote:
... *there use to be the AMU. I think it
was aeronautical money unit. It equaled $1000.00. Therefore your
$150.00 was only .150 AMU. Doesn't sound so large.


In a sailboat context, that's 0.15 boatbuck...


Brian W


What kind of sailboat do you own?

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The O'Day sloop (25 foot swing keel) was simply not expensive -- the
biggest annual cost was a pier side docking, and that was a bit over
$1000. "Flight" planning for 5 knots took a different mindset though.