I was out last weekend with the East Coast Potter Association wherein I am
the CLC " Courtesy Launch Captain "....ie....I motor about with with them
with my 5 HP/4 cycle Honda powered Was-a-Bay Hen 21 catboat ...now a
shallow water cruising launch.
I was shocked when at cruising rpms....out in the middle of the wide
Choptank river that leads out to the Chesapeake Bay , several monarch
butterflys were cruising on the same heading as I was on. They slowly
not only gained on me but eventually passed me by. I think they had
must have had a tail wind [ ie...do Monarchs have tails ? ]...and zero
frictional and other effects of the water on my displacement hull.
Question: Do I need a larger engine, change props, sprout wings, more
octane fuel or what ? ;-D>
My estimated speed at the time of this humiliation was about 5 knots.
Bill Zeitler
A Potterer at heart
ECPA
Wilmington, Delaware