"Jessica B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:39:13 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:44:36 -0700, Jessica B
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:55:15 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:02:48 -0700, Jessica B
wrote:
Much Bumph snipped


Ok... so if you have boat that'll go 10 mph and the reverse tide is
pulling you at 5 mph vs. you have a boat that'll only go 5 mph....

You are still looking at speeds in excess of what the "normal"
cruising boat is capable of sustaining for any cruise.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

I can't imagine that having a good boat and proceeding at as fast as
possible to avoid bad weather would somehow be more dangerous.

Sorry, but I just don't understand the logic.

Sorry, I was trying to explain why it is illogical to attempt to
outrun weather patterns in a vehicle that thunders through the waves
at 5 miles an hour - A kid on a Huffy can outrun you. Sheehs, a fast
walker can "outrun" you.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

I didn't say out run anything. I thought we were talking about the
difference between 5mph and 7mph over a distance. That's a significant
time difference over a longish distance.




You go, girl!

Right again, Jessica B. You definitely have the potential to make a fine
first mate.

Bruce can be such a trouble-maker. Always with the obfuscation and confusion
because he refuses to admit when he lost because he's up against his
betters. Again, you are totally correct about even a 2mph speed
differential. It amounts to a lot of extra distance covered on an ocean
voyage or even a coastal cruise and can make a real difference, like in my
part of the world where much of the year some pretty severe thunderstorms
can pop up in the late afternoons.

I'd sure rather be hunkered down in a snug harbor because my boat was a
couple knots faster than the next guy's when the thunder and lighting and
gust fronts roll through than still struggling to fetch the inlet. I'm
talking gusts up to 40 or 50 knots in some of the roll clouds. And, lots of
heavy lightning strikes. You can't sail in that kinda stuff. You just have
to take down and secure all sails and heave-to until it passes. And
lightning often likes to strike the one lone boat silly enough to still be
in harm's way with a nice metal mast sticking up into the sky to act like a
lightning rod.


Wilbur Hubbard