I missed the actual date for this post because I forgot, looking back at the archives, that my first post underway was made at my second anchorage. Anyway, close enough.
6200 nm, 7,130 statute.
Max Speed 11.4 knots (in Hell Gate, NYC)
Moving Average: 5.2 knots
Time underway: 1192 hours.
Diesel Consumption: Approximately 950 gallons. (20 h.p. engine using about 14 at cruise)
Fuel cost: Approximately $3,700
Interestingly, I kept a separate tabulation for 2011 and 2012 and the moving average was the same for both. This is therefore a good planning number. It works out to a speed length ratio of 1.03 for Strider so, if you take the square root of your waterline length, you should have good basis for travel time estimates over long coastal distances with a lot of time under power. I cruise at 1.22 x the square root of the waterline length so, if you cruise slower, you should reduce your anticipated average by a corresponding amount.
I’m still living aboard and, as far as living space and arrangements are concerned, have yet to feel the slightest sense of confinement. I could go on forever in my nicely organized little world. The vast spaces outside and constant changes of scenery more than make up for any lack of square footage.
There will be a big change tomorrow when the boat is hauled and I leave for a week in the cottage my two brothers just finished restoring:
http://www.queechylake.us/
20 minutes from Tanglewood at 700 foot elevation in the Berkshires. I wonder if the altitude will cause me any problems? I haven’t forgotten those scenes from “Everest, Beyond the Limit” on cable TV.
When I return, I’ll be painting the bottom, buffing and waxing the topsides, and getting the prop re-pitched to try and get back to the perfect match I had before the old prop left a blade somewhere just off Saint Michaels. In August, I should be reporting on a summer cruise in Maine with Lee, Lynn, and Maggie who readers of my southern leg posts will remember.
At this point I fully expect, with a little belt tightening and luck, to be posting “Two Years on a Boat” the next time the earth reaches this point in its orbit.
6200 nm, 7,130 statute.
Max Speed 11.4 knots (in Hell Gate, NYC)
Moving Average: 5.2 knots
Time underway: 1192 hours.
Diesel Consumption: Approximately 950 gallons. (20 h.p. engine using about 14 at cruise)
Fuel cost: Approximately $3,700
Interestingly, I kept a separate tabulation for 2011 and 2012 and the moving average was the same for both. This is therefore a good planning number. It works out to a speed length ratio of 1.03 for Strider so, if you take the square root of your waterline length, you should have good basis for travel time estimates over long coastal distances with a lot of time under power. I cruise at 1.22 x the square root of the waterline length so, if you cruise slower, you should reduce your anticipated average by a corresponding amount.
I’m still living aboard and, as far as living space and arrangements are concerned, have yet to feel the slightest sense of confinement. I could go on forever in my nicely organized little world. The vast spaces outside and constant changes of scenery more than make up for any lack of square footage.
There will be a big change tomorrow when the boat is hauled and I leave for a week in the cottage my two brothers just finished restoring:
http://www.queechylake.us/
20 minutes from Tanglewood at 700 foot elevation in the Berkshires. I wonder if the altitude will cause me any problems? I haven’t forgotten those scenes from “Everest, Beyond the Limit” on cable TV.
When I return, I’ll be painting the bottom, buffing and waxing the topsides, and getting the prop re-pitched to try and get back to the perfect match I had before the old prop left a blade somewhere just off Saint Michaels. In August, I should be reporting on a summer cruise in Maine with Lee, Lynn, and Maggie who readers of my southern leg posts will remember.
At this point I fully expect, with a little belt tightening and luck, to be posting “Two Years on a Boat” the next time the earth reaches this point in its orbit.
