[fatlazyless]

Some 14' sailboats that have a thinner waist than the wide six foot beam on the American Sail 14.6 come equipped with two oarlocks and can be rowed pretty good by one rower. Rowing a 6'x14'6" sailboat weighing 360-lbs with one rower will not go too good except for very short rows. Probably, it could get rowed pretty well by two rowers, one on each oar, or by four rowers on four oars.

So, a very small outboard, either gas or propane or battery is very useful or you can always just wave down some passing motorboat for a tow back home when there's no wind. Most all motorboats automatically become very helpful when they see a sailboat waving for help, and if they ain't got the time to help, they just motor on by. You know there's always another motorboat, out there, looking for something to do.