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| Congratulations to Dianne with their win in the Elite Keel Regatta.
Here is Steve's Top Ten List that he has submitted for publication. ELITE KEEL STORY-A LIST OF TEN THINGS THAT HELPED DIANNE 1) The crew: Jarian Westfall, Laurel Schmidt, Mike Pastrone, Jeff Fellicetti 2) Will Paxton wasn't there. 3) This crew can change head sails, the hanked kind, in less then 2.3 minutes. 4) Wilie E Coyote didn't race Sunday. 5) Sun was shining. 6) It was my birthday weekend. 7. El Raton wasn't there. 8. We went left when we could. 9. The wind was blowing. 10. This crew has 59 combined years sailing with me. |
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| Author: dan mcgraw ([email protected]) contact the author Subject: Outboard selection for offshore racing Info: (16940 views) Posted: Tuesday 2-26-13 01:12:19 PM |
We are somewhat new to the boat. Our outboard is the standard 3.5 Nissan 2-stroke "light as you can get" standard shaft model. In any kind of chop, or even if too much crew goes forward on the boat, the prop will pull out of the water and rev up the engine.
I'm pretty sure it would be useless in any kind of ocean waves were we to need to motor home if we could not sail. I'm wondering what others do about this?
Is it as useless offshore as I suspect? Do people carry longer shaft motors offshore? Would a longer shaft motor just be equally useless?
Thanks for the advice!
-dan
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