Re: Power sailor to wind sailor

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:06:10 -0400, Wayne.B
<waynebatrecdotboats@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:14:40 GMT, Rosalie B.
<gmbeasley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

But if the power boat person is more of a
trawler-type person who is used to 8 knots, then 5 knots might not
seem to be so much slower. On paper at least.

There's a huge difference between an 8 kt trawler and a 5 kt sailboat.
A trawler does 200 nautical mile days almost effortlessly regardless
of wind and seas (up to a point of course). With decent weather it is
possible to predict ETAs with a reasonable degree of accuracy.

A sailboat must be managed constantly to maintain 5 kts and there is a
great deal of daily uncertainty because of changing wind direction and
speed.

Unless it's a Mac 26M.

--Vic
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