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hm, but with an engine they would have been able to come into a marina - 100 years is an awfie long time out at sea. Also, i bet they have a dinghy hidden on t'other side 
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Ditch the Engine
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Athene V30
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I remember a scheme run by the RYA only 20 years ago where 3 enginless sonatas sailed round the solent and down to the west country.
It was called the young skippers scheme and I sailed as group leader two years running. It was a fantastic experience. I can also remember being called an idiot by another yachtsman for beating up to Lymington Town Quay on a Bank Holiday weekend. Not sure what he expected me to do?
Having said that I do now have an engine and I do use it - but also I do practice sailing to and from moorings / anchor so I know if I had to I could do it again. OK I may not be able to get into a marina (not that I want to) but I can get into a safe haven and not have to call out the RNLI.
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It was called the young skippers scheme and I sailed as group leader two years running. It was a fantastic experience. I can also remember being called an idiot by another yachtsman for beating up to Lymington Town Quay on a Bank Holiday weekend. Not sure what he expected me to do?
Having said that I do now have an engine and I do use it - but also I do practice sailing to and from moorings / anchor so I know if I had to I could do it again. OK I may not be able to get into a marina (not that I want to) but I can get into a safe haven and not have to call out the RNLI.
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maxi
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Re: Peter Broadley
Yes, a terrific scheme, the principals of which were beyond question. However, for those moored near to your Sonatas or encountering them in local harbours, the cost was all too often unacceptably high. In other words, the fantastic experience was very often at the expense of others.
Keep the engine, learn to use properly, and have it ready for use when you are manouvering in close quarters under sail, something that we all agree is very rewarding, particularly when you manage NOT to damage someone else's boat.
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Yes, a terrific scheme, the principals of which were beyond question. However, for those moored near to your Sonatas or encountering them in local harbours, the cost was all too often unacceptably high. In other words, the fantastic experience was very often at the expense of others.
Keep the engine, learn to use properly, and have it ready for use when you are manouvering in close quarters under sail, something that we all agree is very rewarding, particularly when you manage NOT to damage someone else's boat.
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Athene V30
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Re: Peter Broadley
Maxi
You clearly have better information than me. I am not aware of a single incident in the first 2 years of operation involving other boats.
But then again since I have owned a boat I have been hit whilst in home port and the guilty party not bothered to own up - so it doesn't just happen without an engine!
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Maxi
You clearly have better information than me. I am not aware of a single incident in the first 2 years of operation involving other boats.
But then again since I have owned a boat I have been hit whilst in home port and the guilty party not bothered to own up - so it doesn't just happen without an engine!
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penfold
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Very annoying graphic based text; give a career as
a web-author a miss please. I was sufficiently irritated by the footlingly small and hard to read text that I only read the first line of the first page; now I'll never know what molten bronze droplets of engineless sailing wisdom and sagacity you might be trying to educate me with. Poor contrast viz. text and background and, please, please, please, don't use pictures or patterns behind text; it pisses off some(me!) and gives others migraines. Plain text on a plain background is the way ahead IMO.
cheers,
david
<hr width=100% size=1>What we are dealin' with here is a complete lack of respect for the law....
a web-author a miss please. I was sufficiently irritated by the footlingly small and hard to read text that I only read the first line of the first page; now I'll never know what molten bronze droplets of engineless sailing wisdom and sagacity you might be trying to educate me with. Poor contrast viz. text and background and, please, please, please, don't use pictures or patterns behind text; it pisses off some(me!) and gives others migraines. Plain text on a plain background is the way ahead IMO.
cheers,
david
<hr width=100% size=1>What we are dealin' with here is a complete lack of respect for the law....