"Capt. Rob" wrote in message

There are conditions when you simply can't row or wouldn't want to.

Bwahahahahaa... name one that you would go sailing in Bob!!

There are plenty of times when we sail with more than 6 people to.

So? scoot out to the mooring, start the aux because you are such an out of
shape windbag you can't row 6 people out a hundred yards to a mooring...
and take the vessel into the dock to load up the lubbers.

I
sure don't want to waste time rowing when I could be sailing.

No you prefer to start the aux.. warm it up... back out of a SLIP.... motor
out to the bay and then finally raise sail?


By the
time Mooron makes his second trip, we've already hoisted and are
enjoying cold drinks from the fridge that can be left running in the
slip.

POWER BOATER!!!!

There are only two good reasons for a mooring:
1) You can't afford the slip.

Slips are cheap here.... $500 Cdn for a season with power and water.

2) You live in an area where slips are harder on boats..

That's everywhere Bob!

Luckily, even when a norther comes through wave action is blocked
nicely by Hart Island and our breakwater. We can hang out below in
conditions that Mooron couldn't row in. We can also come back and not
get trapped aboard if T-storms happen to roll through at the end of a
sail.

What??!! I can row effectively in a gale.... but then I'm in great phyiscal
shape.... my niece was sailing since she was 3 mths old and she's been on a
row boat many times.

In our slips....C&Cs, Tayana, Island Packet, Sweden, J-Boat, Bristol,
Beneteau, Pearson, Sabre. Out on the moorings....Hunters, Catalina,
Ranger, O'Day, Irwin. Mooron would be top dog at last.

I'm always Top Dog!

CM