[Public-List] sailing without an engine

[Michael Grosh]

It's amazing to me the British didn't lose a single ship to weather
blockading France during the Napoleanic wars (30 years?). There must be
seamanship skills not easily comprehended by the modern mind

MichaelGrosh
#220
On Jun 28, 2012 7:28 AM, "gordon white" <gewhite at crosslink.net> wrote:

>   Obviously people sailed without engines for centuries, but after the
> 1840s sailing ships were routinely towed into and out of harbors by steam
> tugs. Hundreds of years ago there was (1) no option and (2) no marinas with
> slips packed tightly together. Just as I would not sail today without radio
> or life jackets, I would not without an engine.  Maybe purely deep-sea
> sailing, looking for readily available and open harbors only at each end,
> but engineless sailing to me is unsafe and meaningless hair-shirt wearing.
>  - Gordon White, Deltaville, VA    Brigadoon II
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