do you motor when sailing below a certain speed, say 2 kts.?

"Donal" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message
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1/2 your time motoring. I have a MSV and motor less...




Answer 1.

Of course you do. Liveaboards stay permanently tied to the dock.


Answer 2.

I've heard that the average sailboat spends 85% of its time underway with
the engine running.

A couple of weeks ago I spent a weekend aboard a much heavier boat than
Setanta. I was astonished to find that we needed the engine with 20 kts
of wind blowing from behind.

On Setanta, given the same conditions, we would have been stonking along
at
about 8 kts under spinaker.

*IF* you spend less that 50% of the time with the engine running, then you
either sail in an area with fantastic breezes, or you may be
overestimating
the time that you are running under sail alone.


Regards


Donal
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