On Jul 23, 12:36 pm, Vic Smith
wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:33:10 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
This is NOT sailing.
Get a trawler if that's your modus operandi.

I agree with you on this, and many other points you've mentioned.
But you know what they say about different strokes.
....

I don't agree with much of what Wilbur has written. I do agree with
you about different strokes though. Unlike Bruce, I've met several
very serious cruisers who sail boats without engines, one for
aesthetic reasons and the others because they couldn't afford motors.
I also have a couple of friends who cruise in a 50 foot twin engined
trawler and lots of friends who sail auxiliary sailboats from motor
sailors to folks who seldom carry five gallons of fuel. I'm pretty
sure most of them think I'm crazy to go voyaging in a small
catamaran. It is all cruising. If it makes the folks who are doing
it happy then they are doing it the right way. It is also sailing if
most of it is done under sail power.

-- Tom.