On 5/12/2018 10:53 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/12/18 10:49 AM, Tim wrote:
I like these cool old engines I have but now having 2nd thoughts on
the whole project. When someone said the could get 30 mph or to that
effect, on a good day with their 24 ft’r

This is boggling meh about a 30, and loaded down for a couple weeks of
river camping on the Ohio river and Kentucky lake.Â* If your pushing
against a 20 mi headwind and going against a 7 mph flow stream, sounds
like a long day. Especially when covering 250+ miles.

Barges and their Wakes? Errrr.

I might have to rethink my ideas of nautical adventures.


When I fished the seaward ends of the St Johns River in Jax, I'd see
pleasure displacement trawlers capable of maybe 8 knots heading out and
working hard to overcome the incoming tidal current, which was, if I
recall, 4 to 5 knots at times, and with a wind coming from the east,
they'd make almost no headway for hours.


The current in the Cape Cod Canal can exceed 7 knots at times. The last
time I took Mrs.E's 36' Grand Banks through the canal (against the
current) the people walking along the walker's path on the side of the
canal were going faster than I was and I had the throttle pretty much
wide open.

A few were laughing and waving at me as I struggled along making all of
about 2 knots forward.