[C320-list] Log Book Question

[Jeffrey Hare]

Hi Pat,

We sailed from Provincetown back to Newburyport 3 years ago with 22kts of
wind on a broad reach from the port quarter (full sails).  We loaded up the
dinghy and outboard in the port locker and settled in for a long sail.  We
normally see the 60-62 mile trip taking an even 12 hrs dock to dock.  Did
the trip in right around 9 hours that time.  The boat really flew. Given
that we didn't have the autopilot at that time, and the swells were coming
in from behind, we had to pay attention the whole way, but surfed a lot.

There's some slop in that since we motor up a river a mile, and caught an
incoming tide, so we did 8 kts up parts of the river, but then we had to
wait for a drawbridge, so perhaps it evens out..

..so it's possible.  :)  Even in New England where the wind is on the nose
to your destination, by definition.  (for us anyway)

There's only been a few other occasions where we sailed that fast for
extended periods of time.

-JeffH

-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Moriarty [mailto:patm at psiurethanes.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:09 AM
To: C320-List
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Log Book Question

Ok lets do the math 32.2 miles divided by 5 hours equals 6.44 miles 
per hour. So where do you get that type of wind for 5 hours straight 
not including leaving and returning to the dock. Damn fast boat.

Pat #130

At 07:28 PM 6/27/2006, you wrote:


>My goal was 50 sails this year for at least 1,000 nautical miles.  I
>keep a log book to keep track of this.  Here is the problem.  I was on
>the boat last Sunday afternoon/evening leaving the dock at 4:30 p.m. and
>getting back at 9:30 p.m.  In that time we logged 32.2 miles which put
>me at an even 499 miles.  Since I won't make it out until July 1, 2006 I
>have missed my 500 miles per half the year.  Well, here is the problem:
>I had a bit of a food allergy attack earlier in the day so my crew took
>the boat out and they sailed nearly 20 nautical miles bringing the boat
>to 518 miles for the year so far, but only 499 for me.  My query:  did
>we reach our goal.
>
>  Also, the motor was turned off in between  one person got off two
>stayed on and two new people got on.   The question:  was this one sail
>for the day or two?
>
>Adam