>From: Dennis Raedeke <dennis@wildmountain.com> >To: passagemaking-under-power-owner@lists.samurai.com >Subject: Merry Christmas and good bye > >Georgs, > >I just unsubscribed. I could nor find a way to stay on list with no >mail. I will sign on again when I get back in the states in April. I >can always look at the archives. > >I was disappointed no one was interested in talking about sail >assisted power boats or cats. I sometimes think that crossing >oceans under power alone in small boats for just pleasure and not >for a purpose like getting a boat home, is a little fool hearty. I >really think the best compromise for long distant ocean passages for >smaller craft in season is a sailing cat that has good powering >speed. After doing both sail and power, it would be hard not to >select a boat similar to Wild Wind III for the next >circumnavigation. Wild Wind IV with sailing capabilities would be >nice but the boat would not have to be so big. > >I hope I get a chance to catch up to you when we get to the great >lake next July. >Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. > >Dennis