Thread: Don't ask our Coasties to tow you!
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Richard Casady Richard Casady is offline
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Default Don't ask our Coasties to tow you!
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 07:57:07 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I've been on 22' (and smaller) sailboats towed at planing speed....
Always in calm weather, it's also true. It's a waste of gas, but it
does get you home faster.

Not a problem with nearly all daysailors. I used to tow 16 foot scows
regularly. Racers who had the wind die. Scows are somewhat
interesting, by the way. The A scows are 38 foot and 1850 lbs. They
can do at least 25 under sail. All the scows have twin rudders, pretty
rare for monohulls.

Casady
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