"Capt. Mooron" blathered pompously:

I cruise.... I'm never
in a rush... even the odd time I race.

It's a good thing you're never in a rush because that crab-crusher
of yours is incapable of anything close to respectable speeds.

If you ever got a chance to sail a nice, fast and manageable boat
such as my fine, blue water Coronado 27 that has an excellent
turn of speed as well as supperb maneuverability and seakeeping,
you would change your tune in a New York minute.

Sometimes it pays to have a fast boat such as running out to deep
water when that front or storm blows up or in. In your case you
would be attempting to slowly motorsail to safe harbor but you would
not make it and suffer a beating from wind and its effects on
shallow water working on old-fashioned hull.

I will be out, well-off soundings, hove-to and enjoying cooking
a hot meal to be washed down with a couple of ice-cold beers.

You will be hanging over the rail puking while hollering Maday
on the VHF hoping to have some rescue vessel heading your way.

CN
---educating the lurkers as to who is the real sailor around here.
CN