Small boat cruising tactics, & coastal cruising 'strategy?'

[Manannan]

Well, no matter how much experience we have in this, we never seem to get the amount of beer per mileage right.. More trials are required to have a scientific approach on the subject.  :D

[sharkbait]

Very true,scientific inquiry is a ceaseless process,I can't count the number of experiments on the nature of this phenomenon I've already carried out. It seems that the variables and permutations are endless.
 

  Perhaps one day,like Fermi and Oppenheimer, I will find the answer.