On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:07:43 -0400, Ryk
wrote:



On the other side of the equation, it eats through something
approaching a gallon an hour, which would get into serious money for a
trip down the ICW.

Well, that's why I said "for my type of sailing", which is blasting in
and out of the yacht club basin and the shipping channel under power,
then not much motoring other than that. That's why it's a "sailboat",
or at least that's why I justify to myself the purchase of an
asymmetrical spinnaker that cost twice as a rebuilt Atomic 4 G

R.