In a message dated 12/25/00 12:01:08 AM, Steve wrote:

<< It baffles me that more people dont seem to consider motorsailers.>>

Obviously they want to cut their worries in half. It is true that
motorsailers offer SOME of the benefits of both power and sail but it is
equally true that they offer ALL of the disadvantages of power and sail. Both
hull and powerplant maintenance and sail and rigging maintenance are
required. Don't ask how I know this.

Larry Zeitlin
PUFFIN (a motorsailer)
Cortlandt Manor, NY

. Both
hull and powerplant maintenance and sail and rigging maintenance are
required. Don't ask how I know this.

That is true, but you could just use the sails as a back up and  engine as a
trawler most of the time.That usually fires up the old discussion about
single versus twin though.Then that fires up the discussion about the cost
of a mast and sail setup costs more than an engine for backup.I guess we
just cant get out of the circle of thoughts.
Back to a canoe when things were simple.  Steve