Showing posts with label no engine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label no engine. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Real sailboats have no engines

Amanda, arguably the fastest wooden ketch under 40', at anchor in Road Harbor, before she sailed out for Antigua to race and perhaps lay proof to that claim. One reason she is so fast is she has no engine.
Capt. Kevin has taken her up and down the island chain from Venezuela up to Florida countless times, using only his 5HP dinghy engine to assist in docking. He uses a 2kw inverter generator to charge the lighting battery, and between the two he ends up buying about a gallon of gas a month! Amanda is in beautiful shape, and incidentally is also for sale.

Hypnautic, sitting pretty at the dock in Village Cay: