"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:33:24 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

Typical
chauvinist motorheads are too ignorant to think of sailboats as other
than the guy who has the right of way

What's the matter Capt Neil, you seem a bit cranky today. Trouble
with the engine or did you just get waked by a mega yacht?

One of the interesting things about cruising under power is the number
of sailboats you encounter that assume the right away when *they* are
under power, and then get all huffy about it when given 5 short toots
on the air horn. I'm sure you'd never do anything that unseamanlike.


Put it this way. I use my engine so little that I bought stock in Pri-D.
http://www.solareagle.com/pri.html On the other hand, I've gone
through three sets of working sails. There has only been a rare occasion
when I'm running the diesel and I'm smart enough to realize I'm a
motorboat in that case. But, being smart I always set my course so the
other vessel has me on their starboard bow in a crossing situation. So,
they are the give way vessel anyway. Ya gotta use your noggin!

Wilbur Hubbard