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Originally Posted by Zeke
"The small motors on sailboats are almost always adequate..."
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When the weather gets
really rough, even these small motors become useless. (The propeller leaves the water between wave troughs). Then it's time to put up the storm trysail and "reef" the mainsail (reduce the surface area).
It's always a treat to read magazine photo-op accounts turning into races -- when sailboats arrive
hours ahead of the photographers' powerboats.
BTW, the citizens' action against disruptive boaters on Sebago Lake is called "Lakes Region Safe Boating Assocation".
Now "Disruptive Boaters" want to grace Lake Winnipesaukee with their Great Beneficence. (Bad press from Sebago is responsible perhaps?)