Jim Cate wrote:
Interesting. A while back I was being criticised for not taking the
boat out often enough. Now that I have the time to take it out, I'm
criticised for reporting on two recent outings.


Maybe because all you said about the "sailing" was how nice it was that
you could power back in before dark. I'm sure almost all of us have
powered back, but we usually don't consider that the highlite of the
sailing day. In fact, If I were not such an unsuspecting soul, I might
think you were ridiculing us for having such underpowered sailboats.

However, I'm curious Jim, how fast do you go when you power in? Planing
speed for you could be anything over 7 knots. Also, do you leave it in
the water, or trailer it? Do you keep the ballast tank filled all the
time? Have you taken it out into the ocean?