On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 20:34:37 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

OK, my sailboat can go about 6 kts and while that is fast sailing, if
you go for days at 56 kts, it is Sl-o-o-o-o-ow. Trawlers can go 8-9
kts. Do trawlers owners think that is slow? If you could go 15 kts
for days, would that be slow?
What I am asking is: Am I likely to be impatient no matter how fast a
boat goes? Would your expectations of where you can go increase as
your boat speed does? How many people think their power boats are too
slow?

With 150 horses pushing my little 18'er, the speed is plenty fast enough.