I looked briefly at planing powerboats, decided I couldn't live with the fuel
consumption for a boat big enough to weather Georgia Strait, then looked at
trawlers, and settled on putting a bigger engine in my sailboat. "Problem
Solved!"

(activate sense of humor here.....)

Oh, c'mon Lloyd. You considered a trawler and opted for a larger engine on your
sailboat instead? Sounds like the problem wasn't solved, merely "adjusted"!
:-)

(end of good natured jibe)


Your post does make an excellent point- there is almost as much difference
between types of powerboats as there is between powerboating and sailing. When
we motor along at 8 knots in our trawler, we have a lot more in common with a
guy motoring along at 8 knots in a sloop than with somebody slaloming through a
group of boats in an express cruiser doing 25.