On Nov 9, 3:17 am, Bob wrote:
Dear Skip & L:
While bumping around the web I found these words by Dashew. Thought
you might find it interesting.
"One of the factors in choosing which speed to run at is our arrival
time. Our preferred destination is Levuka on Ovalau island - a sleepy
town with Hemingwayesque charm, according to cruising friends. We need
to average just under 11 knots to get there while it is still light. A
late arrival, however, has us heading into the sun going through the
pass, which makes seeing the coral ahead difficult. Arrival at first
light gives us another 12 hours at sea, reduces our average required
speed, and has the sun behind us. "
https://www.setsail.com/s_logs/dashew/dashew229b.html
Hi, Bob, and list,
Dayum, man? Who put sugar in your Wheaties?? :{))
Dashew's site is really interesting reading. I've spent a lot of time
there, along the way. Their current boat is a bit faster than mine :
{)) - but I do the same sort of planning. Of course, as noted in the
last few a while back, we don't always succeed at that. It's the very
short runs (or, presumed short) which can get us into the most trouble
about arrival time.
Just recently, though, I confess that the days are running together
and I don't remember specifically when it was, we sailed overnight
through the Chessie, in order to arrive at Norfolk in the daylight,
without worrying about a place to anchor on the way down. Our likely
fastest speed would bring us there right at dawn, and our likely
slowest speed would bring us there before dark. Lydia was worried
about arriving too early - but I pointed out that it would be trivial
to slow the boat down in that event. As it turned out, we went,
instead, to Hampton to meet up with some friends, and arrived in the
middle of the day - just perfect.
L8R
Skip
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