All true, but it's not much fun rowing to shore and rowing back with
supplies when the weather is bad. Also, out here, your bow wouldn't
always
be pointed into the wind, as the current overpowers the wind at times.



There are conditions when you simply can't row or wouldn't want to.
There are plenty of times when we sail with more than 6 people to. I
sure don't want to waste time rowing when I could be sailing. By the
time Mooron makes his second trip, we've already hoisted and are
enjoying cold drinks from the fridge that can be left running in the
slip. There are only two good reasons for a mooring:
1) You can't afford the slip.
2) You live in an area where slips are harder on boats..
Luckily, even when a norther comes through wave action is blocked
nicely by Hart Island and our breakwater. We can hang out below in
conditions that Mooron couldn't row in. We can also come back and not
get trapped aboard if T-storms happen to roll through at the end of a
sail.
In our slips....C&Cs, Tayana, Island Packet, Sweden, J-Boat, Bristol,
Beneteau, Pearson, Sabre. Out on the moorings....Hunters, Catalina,
Ranger, O'Day, Irwin. Mooron would be top dog at last.

RB
35s5
NY