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Depends on the sea state too... 
In Response To: That's a big boat! Everything you read about sailing is wrong. 
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() With calm surface the wind doesn't get shaken out of the sails. Once when the enigne died, I sailed in a 3 knot breeze and averaged 1 knot boat speed on glass calm water. I rowed around in the dinghy and took the photo below.
