Given that old Broads yachts were expected to be able to tack up rivers against the wind (no auxiliary engines), I'd have thought they had to be able to go about pretty fast....
-- Harriet Bazley == Loyaulte me lie == I had been used to sailing dinghies - one of the main problems with the hire yachts was that they had 'self-acting' jibs so you couldn't back the jib to bring the boat round. Obviously, as young hirers, we didn't have the expertise that a 'local' would have. Sean [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
