On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 01:08:52 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

I sort of did this. Got a 25'er and since the wind only pushes it to about
3 mph I just use the 6 hp OB, which pushes it to about 5-6 mph.

2 strokes suck gas.

The ocean is NOT a pleasant place to be unless you're in a 60+ foot boat.
My boat bobs around like a cork on 3-6 foot swells, which are the norm in my
area. You can hardly go to the bathroom, you can't cook, you can't relax at
all. While trying to put the sail up/down I end up hanging onto the mast
for dear life while the boat flops around over the swells. There's no way
you'd get any sleep on the ocean until you've thoroughly acclimated yourself
to the constant throwing around. You will be hating life if you try to head
out on the ocean in a small sailboat and try any semblance of 'cruising.'
It'll take you weeks to get used to the noise and the bouncing at night, and
by that time you'll be sick of it.

Under normal circumstances, that would be called fun - or surfing.

Later,

Tom