[Public-list] Outboard motors as emergency units

[George Dinwiddie]

Phil Prosser wrote:
> Learn how to sail her to the dock.  It can be done... I know because I have
> had to do it several times. 

Yes, the good thing about an unreliable engine is that it teaches you to 
sail better.  I spent a summer with intermittent overheating problems, 
and got to practice docking under sail, rafting under sail, and 
perservering in light air.  I probably learned more that one summer than 
all of the other years, combined.

This summer, my exhaust blew out as I started the engine to take a bunch 
of 10-year-olds out.  So we sailed.  Actually *they* sailed.  It was 
light air, upwind, and I got *zero* complaints from them.  They knew 
there was no choice.

Life is *so* enjoyable when you get down to the simple essence.  That's 
what a sailboat is all about.

  - George

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