Anonymous wrote:
Hope it's OK to post these pics of Ivory Gull that we took in Newtown Creek on the Island this summer, tacking her way upwind through the relatively packed anchorage and showing all the boats who had motored in (including ourselves) how it should be done :-)
Hehe... Yea, it's a nice feeling to come into an anchorage engineless. Mine will be fixed soon. Though after 5 years engineless cruising I'm starting to realise I enjoy sailing without it. But if I'm honest, I would probably sail for pleasure more often if it was working, so I think I will not uninstall. Plus I will need it for doing the Magellan Straight the 'wrong way'. Still, no reason to not continue sailing without motoring as much as possible, even after it's fixed.
Edit - Thinking further on it, it won't be the same though, completing a passage knowing that the engine is not an option is more satisfying than having a working engine and not using it.