On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 18:02:02 -0400, "JimH" ask penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

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|"JimH" ask wrote in message
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| "D-unit" cof42_AT_embarqmail.com wrote in message
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| "Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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| On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 13:46:38 -0400, Rick Kulesh penned the following
| well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
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| The single offers less hydrodynamic drag than the 2 do, and the 250 is
| probably about equal to the 2x150s. If you want twins purely for the
| "reliability" argumant, just get the big single and get a contract with
| BoatUS/SeaTow/(insert water-assistance company of choice in your area).
| You'll save a buncha dough and not really sacrifice anything.
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| I don't include BoatUS/SeaTow as part of my planned safety equipment.
| They are a fall back position for things I can't plan for or take
| steps to avoid.
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| Redundancies a 2 bilge pumps, 2 VHF radios, 2 engines.... that is
| planning for the eventual inevitability...
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| You and I are on the same page on that one.
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| 2 engines, 2 batteries, jumper cables, battery booster,
| 2 keys, 2 radios. 2 GPS's...on and on...
|
|
| You must have a real problem with things breaking on you. Do you wear
| suspenders and a belt? ;-)
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|With all these redundancies I have to ask............what size of boat do
|you have and where do you boat? Near shore or off shore?
|

I think, from the threading, you may be asking SWS.... if not, then it
must be either me or D-Unit.

I can't speak for Tom's exact conditions, but D-Unit and I are just a
few miles apart, so we have the same conditions.

Locally we have three things to consider:

(1) The Gulf Stream is a minimum of 20 miles out, so.... depending on
weather, a trip offshore may be as much as 40 miles. For me, that is
in a boat that actually measures out at about 28 feet overall.

(2) Locally, we also have strong tidal currents which, with a boat not
under command, can send you swirling out of an inlet, like the Tidy
Bowl Man, and thence into rough water where the inlet or river meets
the ocean. If you aren't pooped, broached, or driven aground..... it
is just luck.

(3) Without power and in a sea where the anchor would drag, you are at
the mercy of the plentiful shoals.

An Ounce Of Preparation Is Worth A Pound Of Cure!

--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

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