On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:19:42 -0500, in message

DSK wrote:

Diesel fuel is still relatively cheap. Of the cruisers I
know, 99% of them motor 99% of the time when they are trying
to actually get somewhere. Crap sails is one reason for
that, but then you can buy a lot of fuel for the price of a
set of good sails.

Yes, my total expenditure on fuel since I bought the boat comes
nowhere near the price of a single sail.

Ryk