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On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 06:20:10 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:On Saturday, 13 February 2021 at 02:25:19 UTC-4, Wayne B wrote: On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:45:21 -0500, wrote: On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:06:52 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: On Friday, 12 February 2021 at 02:44:44 UTC-4, wrote: On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:23:27 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Wayne B wrote: On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 17:51:35 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 2/11/21 4:36 PM, Wayne B wrote: On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:21:08 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: ...the 19-footer I am considering... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN42mq5eSUc === There will be people rushing out to buy them. There appears to be a major arms race going on with the big multi engine go fast crowd. I like the fact that they are a lot quieter than the go fast boats of 20 years ago. https://youtu.be/qv-GPdnJ-1E I'm sure you are right that they'll sell, even at $75,000 a pop. I'll bet the fuel burn is...interesting. === The people who buy them don't worry about fuel burn. Probably better the the QE II. That ship gets 6 inches per gallon I read. These motors seem to drink about 50 GPH WOT (6300-6400) and more like 20 at a 4000-4500 cruise. https://boattest.com/article/new-mer...00-hp-outboard The boats they talk about usually have 600-800 gallon tanks so that gives them a few hundred mile range and a $2000+ fill up. How bad do you want to get there? Foolishness! The wind is still free...at least for the time being. Sure if you are relatively poor or really really rich but if you can afford it and you are getting out of sight of land you want an engine on that sail boat. === Interestingly enough an engine on a sailboat is most useful when you are approaching land or entering a harbor. Offshore they mostly get used as expensive battery chargers. A lot of cruisers are going solar however to get away from that.That's correct, the only time we used the diesel engine was coming into or leaving the club or other docking.There was a lady with a J24 who could sail right in and tie up to what was essentially half a berth. She was more worried about us coming in next to her under power. She eventually had a big piece of foam on her starboard side across from us.Don't know why, we never came that close when I was aboard. ;-)Maybe seeing this just scared the **** out of her!https://funkyimg.com/i/3aHGN.jpg--Freedom Isn't Free!

I know that guy. He's standing in front of his 15 feets cruising
sale boat. Check out them Popeye legs. The only thing missing is
the corn cob pipe.
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