I'm not changing what I said, only pointing out what's obvious to
everyone else. Almost all of my sailing is long enough to be
concerned about arrival times. A 50 mile trip to Ptown (my shortest
this year) will be 10 hours or more if you can only make 5 knots. If
the speed goes down to 4 knots, it becomes over 12 hours. In fact,
the first time I sailed there was in a small boat with no engine, so
it was planned as an overnight. Now when I leave I know I can pick
an arrival time before dark. Of course, if the wind is favorable, as
it was both ways this year, we can average 8 to 9 knots under sail and
do the 50 miles in 6 hours.

You wouldn't even make the trip - you'd still be home with your A/C
plugged in.

Landlubber!

P.S. I know you've made one nightsail, but I doubt you'll be doing
much of that with a child on board.


Capt. Rob wrote:
Why not just accept it and spend 3-4 hours working out of the harbor?


Total bull****. Too late to change what you posted, Jeff. You said you
usually start the engines when you're mot making 5 knots. I could care
less what you say from here on. Claim you're cruising with time
committments or whatever. You can try to make this about our easy going
day sails and short trips. I don't care. We don't run the engine. It's
against the very fabric of why we're out there for an hour, 5 hours or
a 3 day weekend trip.
You're full of ****. Some of the folks will look the other way, but you
and I know you've been exposed...and I suspect everyone does. You run
the engine when making less than 5 knots!

Powerboater!

RB