In article et,
Bob Crantz wrote:
If the speed helped you outrun storms or danger or greatly reduced the
amount of provisions needed, then yes.

Practically speaking, I don't think it matters much unless you are on either
end of the bell curve.

It's a double-edged sword. Speed could help you outrun something, but
that begs the question as to why you would be out there if you knew
something was coming. The other way to look at it is that if you rely
on the speed difference to use a smaller weather window, you would, in
my view, negate some percentage of the speed advantage.

Seems to me that if you didn't rely on the speed factor in your
go/no-go decision, then speed would be a factor. :-)

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