On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:35:36 -0500, Wayne.B
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On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:15:58 GMT, "Gordon Wedman"
wrote:

Watched "The Perfect Storm" a couple weeks ago and kept thinking how they'd
be dead in a minute if the engine quit. Certainly cured me of any desire to
be out in serious weather in a power boat, at least a single engine unit.
Seems like drogues and sea anchors are even more important on power boats.
Don't read those magazines so I wonder what they say?

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What you say is true in my opinion but you are less likely to be
"caught out" in a power boat unless you have a true long range cruiser
like a Nordhaven, Willard or similar.

Power boats have the advantage of speed which gets you back into port
quicker if need be, and they also have a finite range which usually
limits time at sea to a more predictable weather window.


With a power boat you sure have the speed to get home quickly. But
suppose you have engine failure and don´t want to drift ashore. And
water is too deep to anchor.

Mike







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On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:17:56 +0200, Mike the Spamkiller
wrote:

With a power boat you sure have the speed to get home quickly. But
suppose you have engine failure and don´t want to drift ashore. And
water is too deep to anchor.

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That's a quandry for sure, but except for the most hostile coast lines
there is usually a zone of water shallow enough that your anchor can
grab. If not, you assume the nuclear attack position and kiss it
goodbye.

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:17:56 +0200, Mike the Spamkiller
wrote:

With a power boat you sure have the speed to get home quickly. But
suppose you have engine failure and don´t want to drift ashore. And
water is too deep to anchor.

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That's a quandry for sure, but except for the most hostile coast lines
there is usually a zone of water shallow enough that your anchor can
grab. If not, you assume the nuclear attack position and kiss it
goodbye.

Like most of the Pacific Coast....




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On 12 Dec 2005 17:30:33 -0800, lid (Jonathan Ganz)
wrote:

Like most of the Pacific Coast....

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No continental shelf at all? Never realized that, guess I'll have to
cruise the west coast one of these days. I'm spoiled however by
having a decent inlet or harbor every 20 to 50 miles, sometimes less.

I met a couple last summer who had cruised south from the Pacific NW
to the Panama Canal in a Nordhavn trawler. They only stopped a couple
of times.