Motor Sailing is when the Sail assists the motor and Sail Motoring is when
the Motor Assists the sail. I made all that up just now though. The only
source you can refer to is me.

M.

"DSK" wrote in message
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Michael wrote:

1 When to use them: In an out of harbors obvously.

Not necessarily. It greatly depends on the harbor, the wind & tide, the
traffic,
the boat, the skipper, etc etc.

Usually my consideration is wind & tide, and traffic. Sailing around in
unfavorable currents, light & flukey winds, and playing stoop-tag with
freighters is not good.


In narrow fairways and rivers or canals.

The C&D canal and the Cape Cod canal both forbid sailing through. I've
been told
they are both equipped with spy cameras nowadays for enforcement. In times
past
I have cheated and sailed through....



When the speed of sailing is not sufficient to the arrival
goal, unless you are a purist which I'm not.

Trying to cruise under sail and keep a schedule is stupid. It can be
dangerous
too. Adds stress. Worse than motoring IMHO.


When caught in the doldrums.

Or trapped by bad priorities, having chosen a boat that sails like
Grandpa's
barn.



When water is low or you have an emergency on board.

Agreed.

Here's one trick.
Sail Motoring as opposed to Motor Sailing. When you can't go in the
right
direction due to the winds running the prop at slow rpms enhances the
ability of the boat to point high by 10 to 20 additional degrees.
(Variable
as to hull and conditions). If that will get you through a narrow
passage
between islands so be it.

How would you define the difference between Motor Sailing and Sail
Motoring?
Just curious.


When on delivery jobs with a deadline to meet.

Agreed. But I don't do that any more (tentatively, a friend has asked me
to help
with a delivery this spring)


When getting out of the way of or handling the presence of a storm
condition.

Disagree here... although there may some situations like this, such as
getting
out of the danger quadrant in the calm before the storm. But most boats
should
sail well enough that this is unnecessary.


When you need electricity to listen to the NBA, NFL, America's
Cup or World Cup finals.

Your battery bank is too small.



3. Add your own reasons.

You forgot running bridges. In many places it is against the rules to sail
through open bridges.

Now that we cruise in a tugboat, it's really not a question. But we can
get to
anchorages quicker and set up the windsurfers or sailing dink sooner

Fresh Breezes- Doug King