On Apr 10, 1:54*pm, "Bill McKee" wrote:
"Loogypicker" wrote in message

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On Apr 10, 1:43 am, "Bill McKee" wrote:



"Frogwatch" wrote in message

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On Apr 9, 8:34 pm, Frogwatch wrote:

OK, my sailboat can go about 6 kts and while that is fast sailing, if
you go for days at 56 kts, it is Sl-o-o-o-o-ow. Trawlers can go 8-9
kts. Do trawlers owners think that is slow? If you could go 15 kts
for days, would that be slow?
What I am asking is: Am I likely to be impatient no matter how fast a
boat goes? Would your expectations of where you can go increase as
your boat speed does? How many people think their power boats are too
slow?

I meant "5-6 kts", not 56 kts, 56 would truly be fast

My boat does about 35 knots. But the jet drive ferry boat from Barcelona
to
Majorca does 52 knots. Made me want a faster boat. The problem with the
really fast boats is the cost per mile. Buddy is in to offshore raceboats.
Lunch run up the river burns about $150 for the gas. And that is not a
long
run. Dual 510 CID engines are thirsty.

Bill, the last time I took the ferry from Tiburon to SF, going there
was the usual ferry. Coming back, it just so happened that I got on
one of the catamaran ones, and that thing MOVED!

You have to ride a big jet drive ferry to see *power and comfort. *The
Majorca ferry is 98 meters long. *(think Football field length) and holds
300 cars, 800 passengers (very comfortable seating and nice coffee bar) and
a bunch of Semi's. *And still does 48 knots. *We slowed down to 40 returning
as there were 10' swells in the Mediterranean

Who was the mathemitician who said "there will be time enough to relax
in the grave"? I sorta feel that way. Life is short, fill it up, do
stuff.