"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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I can't see any humiliation or beating Bob..... I've completed a trip
from
Halifax to Mahone Bay in one day.... that's aprox. 80 nautical miles.
Departure at 0600hrs with a 15 kt breeze [Norwester] and picked up a
mooring
at Mahone Bay at 2250hrs. Trip log read 102 nautical miles. Engine hour
log
confirmed 21 minutes run time.[ negotiating departure from the Northwest
Arm
in flat calm to Halifax Harbour including engine warm up time.]



S'funny .... how the memory plays tricks on you!

Your post reminded me of a 92 mile trip from Portsmouth to LeHavre. Before
typing this answer, I thought that I would check the log book(so that I
could be 100% certain of my facts).

It is odd how our memory can be defective!

Memory: There was a two hour period where we averaged over 8 kts!
Log: There was a two hour period where we averaged 7.4 kts
(through the water)

Memory: The engine was on for the first 15 minutes, and also for the last
hour.
Log: The engine went off after 15 minutes, but it came on again for
the last 7.5 hours!!!!!


We set off at 07:00 hrs and had 23 kts wind on the beam for a few hours. It
started at 18 kts, and built up to 28 kts, and then it started to die. By
13:30 the log shows that the wind had dropped to 8 kts. The 16:30 entry
records "3-5 kts variable".



Recently, somebody said that yachts spemd 85% of their time under engine.
Maybe it's true.



Regards

Donal
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