John,
I love your rant ... and I agree with it!
My boat is a SAILboat first. The motor attached is either electric or gas depending on the situation. Both my wife and I love the quiet of the electric motor (Endura 50 BTW - looking into the Torqeedo Cruise - have an ample battery bank) and use it first. We have used it in conjunction with our sails when we need to travel up the Piscataqua River. The gas motor helps if we need to go against the current AND the tides due to schedules. In the "old days", vessels would just wait for the tide.
As a society, we do expect instant gratification, arrive almost as fast as a "transporter" would deliver us, experience extreme sports "as long as they are safe".
We enjoy sailing for the journey, a chance to ignore the clock for awhile, and have some quiet as we come in to dock.
I like your rant. I think you have a good name, too!
John
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, John Francis <surv69@...> wrote:
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> In 15 years of sailing I have never met a "single" person that ever needed
> the amounts of power(in ratio to the boat), that's considered minimal for
> needs. I have NEVER experienced a sailer needing more power than to leave a
> dock, go somewhere and return, either the same day or at most, 2 days later.
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> I know there are any number of sailers that sail for weeks at a time or even
> non-stop. I have as yet ever met one.
>
> SO, typical of the ole American philosphy, much more than what is needed is
> the minimally needed quantity of whatever it is for the whatever it is
> being discussed.
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> I'm sorry, but sometimes it's depressing when I hear about wanting change
> but seemingly not willing to accept changing attitudes about "needs".
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> Happy "sailing".
>
> John Francis
> Pearson 26
> Port Clinton, Ohio
>
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