"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 07:57:07 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I've been on 22' (and smaller) sailboats towed at planing speed....
Always in calm weather, it's also true. It's a waste of gas, but it
does get you home faster.

Not a problem with nearly all daysailors. I used to tow 16 foot scows
regularly. Racers who had the wind die. Scows are somewhat
interesting, by the way. The A scows are 38 foot and 1850 lbs. They
can do at least 25 under sail. All the scows have twin rudders, pretty
rare for monohulls.

Casady
Usually, before starting to tow a boat a waiver has to be signed and agreed
by the captain of the boat being towed.

wrote in message
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Usually, before starting to tow a boat a waiver has to be signed and
agreed by the captain of the boat being towed.


Negligence can't be waived.

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:36:30 -0400, in message

Martin Baxter wrote:


http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/253686


Talk about a cluster ****.

Cheers
Marty

I'm not sure there's enough accurate information available to do
anything more than offer sympathy. Whether there will ever be enough
accurate information is a question that can only be answered with
time. The final report from the TSB on the Queen of the North is
rather circumspect...

Ryk, who has a son out there in the ice