"Donal" wrote

I've heard that the average sailboat spends 85% of its time underway with
the engine running.

the opposite for me.



*IF* you spend less that 50% of the time with the engine running, then you
either sail in an area with fantastic breezes, or you may be
overestimating
the time that you are running under sail alone.

Honestly, Donut, I motor about 10%, but then, they do say the Chesapeake Bay
is the ''Greatest Sailing Area in the World''.

Scotty

hope I didn't ruin your troll, if that's what it was.

dave, the lite wind days of western LIS are typically end of July and early
August.

If so, it was a most unusual season. Having had a boat on CI for a number of
years, I can say with some confidence that the Western end of the Sound
ain't the place to sail from if you want wind regularly. There is usually
some part of the day when there's a small bit of wind, so maybe Bobsprit's
claim of few days with _no_ wind is literally true. But there's a lot of
time spent with sails slatting about. That's one of the reasons I moved my
boat to the Eastern end.


Dave
S/V Good Fortune
CS27

Who goes duck hunting with Jamie Gorelick?

On Fri, 14 May 2004 21:06:51 -0400, "Scott Vernon"
wrote this crap:

Honestly, Donut, I motor about 10%, but then, they do say the Chesapeake Bay
is the ''Greatest Sailing Area in the World''.

But that's only in the channel. 90% of the bay is too shallow to sail
in.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

You need to look at a chart.

"Horvath" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 14 May 2004 21:06:51 -0400, "Scott Vernon"
wrote this crap:

Honestly, Donut, I motor about 10%, but then, they do say the Chesapeake Bay
is the ''Greatest Sailing Area in the World''.

But that's only in the channel. 90% of the bay is too shallow to sail
in.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

On Sat, 15 May 2004 09:35:20 -0400, "Jeff Morris"
wrote this crap:

You need to look at a chart.

Not only have I seen charts, but I've sailed in the Chesapeake.


"Horvath" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 14 May 2004 21:06:51 -0400, "Scott Vernon"
wrote this crap:

Honestly, Donut, I motor about 10%, but then, they do say the Chesapeake Bay
is the ''Greatest Sailing Area in the World''.

But that's only in the channel. 90% of the bay is too shallow to sail
in.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Horvath wrote:
On Sat, 15 May 2004 09:35:20 -0400, "Jeff Morris" wrote this crap:
"Horvath" wrote in
On Fri, 14 May 2004 21:06:51 -0400, "Scott Vernon" wrote this crap:


Honestly, Donut, I motor about 10%, but then, they do say the Chesapeake Bay
is the ''Greatest Sailing Area in the World''.

But that's only in the channel. 90% of the bay is too shallow to sail
in.

You need to look at a chart.

Not only have I seen charts, but I've sailed in the Chesapeake.

Let me guess: you ran aground, didn't you?

--
// Walt
//
// There is no Volkl Conspiracy

On Sat, 15 May 2004 11:52:23 -0400, Walt
wrote this crap:


You need to look at a chart.

Not only have I seen charts, but I've sailed in the Chesapeake.

Let me guess: you ran aground, didn't you?

A mile from shore. But there was no damage, I just pulled up the
daggerboard, and kept sailing.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

"Horvath" wrote
You need to look at a chart.

Not only have I seen charts, but I've sailed in
the Chesapeake on a cruise ship.











"Horvath" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 14 May 2004 21:06:51 -0400, "Scott Vernon"
wrote this crap:

Honestly, Donut, I motor about 10%, but then, they do say the
Chesapeake Bay
is the ''Greatest Sailing Area in the World''.

But that's only in the channel. 90% of the bay is too shallow to sail
in.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

"Horvath" wrote

Honestly, Donut, I motor about 10%

But that's only in the channel. 90% of the bay is to sail
in.

No channel, just the marina fairway.

SV