But, Jeff you idiot you, motorsailing is still sailing. If one can shorten one's
time to a destination so as to arrive before dark this is a legitimate use
of an engine. Unlike you, I am not so stupid as to take all sail down
and motor straight into it. I simply used the motor as means of fetching
the island instead of beating back and forth until after dark which is not
a good idea on the shallow Bahamas banks.

By the way, didn't you notice how the motor did NOT come out of
the water? Isn't that what you maintain - that an outboard is useless
in a steep chop?

Another argument lost by the power squadron.

S.Simon


"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ...
Real sailors? Like the one that wrote:

"However, the wind ended up coming directly out of sixty degrees and it piped up to about
twenty knots. There was a pretty steep chop developing and I ended up being able to make
only thirty degrees. Gave up beating into it when I came to the conclusion I would not
make it to Mangrove Cay. Decided to motor sail with main alone so I could pinch close and
pounded my way to the cay ..."



Oh No! There's a chop! Better fire up that outboard!

You certainly talk the talk Neal, but you sure as **** don't walk the walk!


Simple Simon wrote:
If there is a 'nasty chop' there is wind. If there is wind
we real sailors don't bother with a motor. Sails work
just great. You should try it sometime.

S.Simon


"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message
...
A transome hung outboard becomes totally useless in a nasty chop.

With the Banana Boat loaded for cuising, she'll start hobby-horsing
if a fly lands on the bow. The propeller on that outboard will lift
out on every bounce, turning a lee shore into a death trap. Neal is
wise not to leave his sheltered waters.