Motor Sailing is when the Sail assists the motor and Sail Motoring is when
the Motor Assists the sail. I made all that up just now though. The only
source you can refer to is me.

M.

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Michael wrote:

1 When to use them: In an out of harbors obvously.

Not necessarily. It greatly depends on the harbor, the wind & tide, the
traffic,
the boat, the skipper, etc etc.

Usually my consideration is wind & tide, and traffic. Sailing around in
unfavorable currents, light & flukey winds, and playing stoop-tag with
freighters is not good.


In narrow fairways and rivers or canals.

The C&D canal and the Cape Cod canal both forbid sailing through. I've
been told
they are both equipped with spy cameras nowadays for enforcement. In times
past
I have cheated and sailed through....



When the speed of sailing is not sufficient to the arrival
goal, unless you are a purist which I'm not.

Trying to cruise under sail and keep a schedule is stupid. It can be
dangerous
too. Adds stress. Worse than motoring IMHO.


When caught in the doldrums.

Or trapped by bad priorities, having chosen a boat that sails like
Grandpa's
barn.



When water is low or you have an emergency on board.

Agreed.

Here's one trick.
Sail Motoring as opposed to Motor Sailing. When you can't go in the
right
direction due to the winds running the prop at slow rpms enhances the
ability of the boat to point high by 10 to 20 additional degrees.
(Variable
as to hull and conditions). If that will get you through a narrow
passage
between islands so be it.

How would you define the difference between Motor Sailing and Sail
Motoring?
Just curious.


When on delivery jobs with a deadline to meet.

Agreed. But I don't do that any more (tentatively, a friend has asked me
to help
with a delivery this spring)


When getting out of the way of or handling the presence of a storm
condition.

Disagree here... although there may some situations like this, such as
getting
out of the danger quadrant in the calm before the storm. But most boats
should
sail well enough that this is unnecessary.


When you need electricity to listen to the NBA, NFL, America's
Cup or World Cup finals.

Your battery bank is too small.



3. Add your own reasons.

You forgot running bridges. In many places it is against the rules to sail
through open bridges.

Now that we cruise in a tugboat, it's really not a question. But we can
get to
anchorages quicker and set up the windsurfers or sailing dink sooner

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Michael wrote:

Motor Sailing is when the Sail assists the motor and Sail Motoring is when
the Motor Assists the sail. I made all that up just now though. The only
source you can refer to is me.

OK, got it.

The cool thing about being your own reference is that you can't be wrong!

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Michael wrote:

Motor Sailing is when the Sail assists the motor and Sail Motoring is
when
the Motor Assists the sail. I made all that up just now though. The only
source you can refer to is me.

OK, got it.

The cool thing about being your own reference is that you can't be wrong!

DSK


And it worked! Just call me Mr. Right (no wings attached)

Since you're the only authority on the subject I appeal to you to swap
the meaning of the words, so that motoring will be motoring and
sailing will be sailing:

Motorsailing would be sailing with motor assistance and Sailmotoring
would be motoring with the additional use of sail.

If we could agree on this, we would all know exactly what we were
doing.

Peter S/Y Anicula


"Michael" wrote:
Motor Sailing is when the Sail assists the motor and Sail Motoring
is when
the Motor Assists the sail. I made all that up just now though. The
only
source you can refer to is me.

Hmmm. . . .Even better would be motor motoring and sail sailing. The first
is the same as wearing a belt and suspenders. For example running the
internal diesel engine with the external outboard or adding rubber bands.
The second is defined as 'cracking on more sail.'

Works for me.

M.


"Peter S/Y Anicula" wrote in message
k...
Since you're the only authority on the subject I appeal to you to swap
the meaning of the words, so that motoring will be motoring and
sailing will be sailing:

Motorsailing would be sailing with motor assistance and Sailmotoring
would be motoring with the additional use of sail.

If we could agree on this, we would all know exactly what we were
doing.

Peter S/Y Anicula


"Michael" wrote:
Motor Sailing is when the Sail assists the motor and Sail Motoring
is when
the Motor Assists the sail. I made all that up just now though. The
only
source you can refer to is me.

I thought about that to, but I gave up the idea when my mind started
to run hot thinking about what to call a sail sailingboat with the
engine running or a motor motoring boat with sails or even a motor
motoring boat that had cracked more sail on, and .... well I gave it
up.

By the way, what is with the rubber bands, that works for you?

Peter S/Y Anicula


"Michael" skrev i en meddelelse
...
Hmmm. . . .Even better would be motor motoring and sail sailing. The
first
is the same as wearing a belt and suspenders. For example running
the
internal diesel engine with the external outboard or adding rubber
bands.
The second is defined as 'cracking on more sail.'

Works for me.

M.


"Peter S/Y Anicula" wrote in
message
k...
Since you're the only authority on the subject I appeal to you to
swap
the meaning of the words, so that motoring will be motoring and
sailing will be sailing:

Motorsailing would be sailing with motor assistance and
Sailmotoring
would be motoring with the additional use of sail.

If we could agree on this, we would all know exactly what we were
doing.

Peter S/Y Anicula


"Michael" wrote:
Motor Sailing is when the Sail assists the motor and Sail
Motoring
is when
the Motor Assists the sail. I made all that up just now though.
The
only
source you can refer to is me.