WW>Horsepower requirements for sailing vessels must take into account the 
worst
WW>case scenario for their needs. One of my acquaintances once said, "Charts? 
O
WW>yea, they are in the trunk." and when I asked where the trunk was he said, 
"
WW>the car of course."
WW>Well this same fellow, with whom I never went out with again, was running 

WW>with a 7.5 Hp long shaft. He was running down river on an outgoing tide 
towa
WW>the rail road bridge when the siren went off and the bridge went down. 
nto
WW>reverse he went and he discovered that the engine would not stop the boat 
in
WW>this current. Smartly, he spun the boat around with limited maneuvering 
spac
WW>and opened it up to full throttle heading upstream now. Sadly, he lost 
about
WW>knot to the current and didn't get a line or anchor out in time. He now 
spor
WW>a new mast and rigging, courtesy of his insurance company.
Wes,
If this was a displacement boat, i.e. heavy, he was likely going at hull
speed with the 7.5.  Even a 25 or a 20 hp wouldn't have helped.
Anyway, a good story!
Robert
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