Dear Matt – the Fisher range are motor-sailers and in my 5 year experience of F46-14 Blue Merlin, having sailed >3000 miles, we seldom get anywhere without the engine participating at around 800-900 revs (Ford Sabre 120 hp). We tend to cruise at 6.5-7 knots. We are fortunate in having the taller rig/bowsprit cutter arrangement which will, in winds of 18-20 knots help to push our 26+ tons along. Windward sailing without the engine is possible but sluggish and at 40 or so degrees off the wind. Fishers were never meant to be ocean greyhounds but they are incredibly seaworthy boats in poor and windy weather – I would not swap here for anything. If you fancy a trial sail – we are in Sicilian waters. Today, for instance, off the s coast of sicily, in 15 knots, 40 degrees off the bow - the sails added about 1.25 knots to 6 knots under engine. One day I hope to see how she behaves in the trade-winds crossing the Atlantic, but I expect I will be carrying several extra barrels of diesel to augment her 650nm range! Alan and Ann Murray