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From: Robert Phillips (no email)
Date: Sat Mar 01 2008 - 07:24:35 EST
< Sails anyone?
Larry Z >
Being a sailmaker, I can speak for the relative values of sails
versus fuel; fuel is cheaper in an economical boat like mine. If she
was a sailboat, a suit of sails would run well north of $20K, last
five to six years down here. In eight years of ownership I haven't
used $7K in fuel, so am well ahead. Sails deteriorate when they
aren't in use, whereas the costs of not operating my machinery are
fixed at near zero. Every sailboat I know of a like size puts on
almost as many hours and seems to motor more than they sail.
Certainly the gens are running just as much.
Mirabella V, the largest sloop in the world, isn't allowed to use any
of the sails other than the staysail (smallest headsail) unless on
charter or with the owner. Trans-Atlantic deliveries are done
motoring with the staysail as a steadying sail. Why? The mainsail
alone is almost a million dollars, the engine a quarter of that.
By the time you have paid for the rig, rigging, keel to offset the
rig, and sails, you could have had some really really nice engines
and fuel for life.
Bob Phillips,
Doyle Sailmakers BVI, Ltd
Another Asylum, Tortola, BVI
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