>>This symptom, "wanting a boat 1 foot longer", has been recently acknowledged by the Chief Medical Office and has been diagnosed as 'onefootitus'. Most sailors are affected by it and the only known cure is to surrender to the symptom until it goes away. In some cases the cure can be quite an excruciating and lengthy process.


Just recent a more potent cure has been discovered and its long term effects are as of yet unknown. There is also a strong warning for severe side effects like longing to want one but not being able to pay for it.

The medicine is called Taipan 4.9 or Formula 16. Sailing one of these in 10 to 20 knots is a sure way to get right of the 'onefootitus' however nearly all takers of the medicine develop a strong addiction to every increasing doses of this medication to the point that many thousant US$ have to paid off by skimming on the lesser essentials like household money.

It is of yet undetermine wether the cure is worse than the illness.

Time will tell

Wouter