What an absurd and laughable point of view, that a Hinkley Sou'wester is not
a sailboat. You need to look into their history and build specifications.
Try punching through a tall sea at an inlet with only 15 or 20 hp available.
To sail through all is not always a good prudent decision these days, even
Larry Pardee used a motor on occasion. Cabo Rico and Hinkley are two of the
best sailboats made, expensive they are, but we are not talking cost. You
show an attitude that should be sailing a wooden boat and using canvas
sails.
"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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Dear Ms. Carroll

You're beginning to catch on, Mam! Of course, any boat
that has more than one horsepower for every foot of length
in NOT a sailboat. It is simply a motor boat with spars.
The very best it can be called is a "motor sailer."

Think of how absurd the very idea of 50 horsepower in any
42-foot motor boat with masts really is? It only takes 20 horses
to drive that particular Hinckley to hull speed. So, why all the
extra power and weight? The answer is simple. It's because
the boat is designed to motor and charge huge battery banks
to run all manner of unnecessary crud that really has no business
aboard a sailboat. Nobody but rich, ignorant snobs own Hinckley's
anyway. Hinckleys are an example of a boat that is way way way
overpriced for what you get. Only rich ignorant snobs spend
so much money on a name. These same people wear Rolex
Oysters not because they keep any better time than a cheap
Timex but because they think it gives them status.

Well, the bottom line is their boat and wrist watch are only owned
so they can feel good about themselves. For the most part these
people are no different than Bobsprit except they have money to
burn. They think brand names mean everything and since they can
buy pretty much whatever they want they buy things they think
will make people the most envious. Little do they realize real
sailors laugh at them and their ignorance. Real sailors know what
these pathetic individuals are all about. We laugh when we see
them motoring their so-called sailboats around expecting folks
to ooh and aah!

Would that they were more honest and just bought a motor boat
in the first place.

S.Simon - has more common sense than most people


"The Carrolls" wrote in message
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So a Hinkley Sou'wester is not a sailboat? 50 hp at 42 feet.
"Simple Simon" wrote in message
news

"Kelton Joyner" wrote in message
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So, a 38' Cabo Rico is not a sailboat? BS.


A Cabo Rico 38' is, indeed, a motor boat with sails unless someone
had one commissioned without motor. Any sailboat that has a built in
motor with more than one horsepower for each meter of length is a
motorsailer at best.

What's a Cabo Rico 38 have? About 40-50 horsepower? To be
a sailboat it would have to have no more than 12 horsepower.

S.Simon