boathealer
Guru
Wifey B: My eyes still work at 26 knots.
As to sights, I'm talking areas of the lakes not normally seen and sights on land not normally seen. Like the entirety of Lake Ontario, both sides of Erie, Georgian Bay, Lake Superior, both sides of Lake Michigan.
Simple case last week as people were talking about crossing the Gulf between Carabelle and Clearwater. One day crossing vs two days and one night. Open water. You don't see more at 7 knots, you see the same water slower. You arrive more tired. Same thing to the Bahamas. You turn an easy day run into two days and a night. Oh, and let's add one more argument. You increase the chance of bad conditions and less comfortable and safe conditions.
Time is the only factor limiting seeing all of the lakes - has nothing to do with speed. Retirement is the answer for that.
The Loop is 6000+ miles of sights and protected water. Carabelle to Clearwater transit distance is barely over 1% of that.
It's all good.
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