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Originally Posted by ttrainxl
Sailing and living on a boat is a lot of work. I busted my rudder in Cuba this winter and Cuba had nothing to offer to fix it. I dove on the rudder and strapped it with scrap metal and have to haul out in Florida somewhere to fix it. Can’t sail confidently until I do that. So many things broke in Cuba, including my windvane ( the “automatic sailing system” you refer to in a way, but think you’re more talking about autopilot.). Checking your anchor five times a night in a storm during driving rain and not getting sleep because your hatches and port lights developed a leak and everything in the boat is wet and being in seas too rough to cook real food gets old pretty quick. It’s not all tits and sunshine like you see in the movies.
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You make the adventure sound worthy of my attention. Do go on.
I have no contempt of nature, or for the physical properties of material science because they have no agency. Those challenges are best suited to my disposition.
All that said, the SeaDoo Spark is pretty darn efficient. I'm reading about 3 gallons per hour at full throttle, probably for the 60HP motor. I'd want the 90 for ability to pull a tube. Still very efficient.