boating is my favorite activity.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Yachting refers to the use of recreational boats and ships called \"yachts\" for sporting purposes. Yachts are different from working ships mainly by their leisure purpose. Both terms originate from the Dutch word \"jacht\" (\"hunt\"). With sailboats, it is called sailing, and with motorboats, it is called powerboating. The invention of sailing is prehistoric, but the racing of sailing boats is believed to have started in the Netherlands some time in the 17th century. Soon, in England, custom-built racing \"yachts\" began to emerge. In 1851, the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes challenged the American yacht \"America\". The race took place in the Solent. The \"America\" won the race and took the trophy, the America's Cup, back to the US where, held by the New York Yacht Club, it remained until 1983. The cup was then lost to the Royal Perth Yacht Club of Australia, which entered the \"Australia II\" into the contest. Meanwhile, yacht racing continued to evolve, with the development of recognised classes of racing yachts, from small dinghies up to huge maxi yachts. Although there are many different types of racing vessels, they can generally be separated into the larger yachts, which are larger and contain facilities for extended voyages, and smaller harbour racing craft such as dinghies and skiffs.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'd love to own a large sailboat and go yachting around the world one day."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Would you like to go on a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I imagine that I'd want a monohull sloop with a single mast and a mainsail. Most boats of that type will have a small motor for auxillary drive."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is awesome, how many people will you take with you? i have read that the ideal will be 4 to get across the Atlantic"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well if we were sailing on a sloop with only one head-sail and a jib, I would imagine it would be nice to have at least 3 people."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Good calculated, also Yacht magazine says you need to save a lot because you will spend a lot of money eating out, speccially europe or the carribean"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah I bet. It's a lot more expensive than my little Hobie Cat. I like a beach catamaran in the bays and inland waterways here in Florida."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That cool, do you ever fish while sailing?"}]