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Old 01-18-2015, 10:38 PM   #20
Edelweiss
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We were crossing the straits of Georgia NewCastle Island to Welcome Passage in BC, running with a 42' single engine TT who only made about 6 knots.

Normally I wouldn't care about running slow, but the weather came up and we were getting our behinds kicked wallowing around in the slop with 20 miles of ugly highway ahead of us and three kids who were turning green. We started the second engine, wished the other skipper well, kicked it up to 11 knots and made the crossing in half the time.

Very thankful to have the extra speed on occasions like that!!
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