You say that, but the last boat I towed in was a saily boat. Some sort of little Westlerly. Anyway, was trying to get into Chichester. Engine had packed up and the sails were so efficient he was doing 1.5 knots backwards against the tide.
Good job our big stinky MOBO was on hand - and he was towed all the way to inchenor as well.
Mind you, if you want to see an elderly Westlerly trying to get on the plane I have the photos - reckon 9 knots was the fastest she had ever been!
Thanks for the positive comments on the blog. Didn't really mean to spark a power verus sail debate.....but it does give more options.
The RNLI does have it's own site of course, and that has a page for each station with lots of info. However, I like the fact that individual stations are free to create their own pages. Less corporate and more local in feel. Browse through them and you get a real feel for what each station is like.