On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:16:11 -0700, Jessica B
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:05:51 +0700, Bruce
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:45:57 -0700, Jessica B
wrote:

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.

I thought we were talking about the whole concept of trying to outrun
weather in something that slow is an exercise in futility.

Cheers,

Bruce

Ok, but I thought we were talking about an opportunity to sail vs. not
sail because of a particular time between bad weather. I never said
anything about outrunning anything, and I didn't see any mention of
that until recently.

Well, you wrote:
"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."

I assumed that you were referring to an attempt to run away from or
avoid bad weather by sailing fast, as apposed to sailing slow.

Cheers,

Bruce