Steve wrote:

There was enough wind to sail but most all the passages were through
narrow bodies of water or near shore to stay in a favorable current.

Speaking of current, these can reach considerable strength and it is
routine to schedule each days passage to take advantage of this..
Such planning can add considerable number of miles to each days
passage.

I think you meant to say "subtract" rather than add miles.

In extreme cases, the current can run at dangerously high
speeds and create rips and rapids ...
...
However, all this is really a lot of fun, when you consider the
navigation challenges it presents. Especially when you arrive at your
destination 3 hours before sun set/ahead of schedule.

I would guess-omate I rode the current for 80% of the tip since most
anchorage to anchorage passages were accomplished on a single tide.

This is quite true for me also. Many places in Maine and Nova Scotia also
provide an opportunity for such "fun."

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare

"Armond Perretta"
Such planning can add considerable number of miles to each days
passage.

I think you meant to say "subtract" rather than add miles.


What I was meaning to say was "add considerable miles to a days run." .

I try to make anchorage, especially in a strange anchorage, in daylight
hours. If I have a favorable currents, I might continue another 20 miles to
a more distant anchorage.

I generally start in the early morning to catch a favorable tide. This
didn't make my crew very happy since he liked to sleep in and before I could
haul the anchor in, he had to move his bedding to open the chain locker
hatch. (this never kept him from going back to sleep after the anchor was on
deck). That's what you get when you invite a kid brother (53) along. Nothing
has changed since he sailed with me 40 years ago.

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

Steve wrote:
"Armond Perretta"
Steve wrote:

Such planning can add considerable number of miles to each days
passage.

I think you meant to say "subtract" rather than add miles.

What I was meaning to say was "add considerable miles to a days run."

I see what you mean. I generally set a destination, and the earlier I get
there the sooner the fun (eat/drink/make merry) begins. So currents can be
helpful in getting the festivities underway sooner.

... That's what you get when you invite a
kid brother (53) along. Nothing has changed since he sailed with me
40 years ago.

Well, I reckon you both spend less time in sailor bars by now (smile).

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare

"Steve" wrote in message
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"Armond Perretta"
Such planning can add considerable number of miles to each days
passage.

I think you meant to say "subtract" rather than add miles.


What I was meaning to say was "add considerable miles to a days run." .

I try to make anchorage, especially in a strange anchorage, in daylight
hours. If I have a favorable currents, I might continue another 20 miles
to a more distant anchorage.

I generally start in the early morning to catch a favorable tide. This
didn't make my crew very happy since he liked to sleep in and before I
could haul the anchor in, he had to move his bedding to open the chain
locker hatch. (this never kept him from going back to sleep after the
anchor was on deck). That's what you get when you invite a kid brother
(53) along. Nothing has changed since he sailed with me 40 years ago.

Steve
s/v Good Intentions


That's what you get when you invite a kid brother (53) along.

Hey, don't complain too loudly. Neither of my kid brothers (49 and 51) are
interested in sailing.

28 days and only 2 days in a marina. Now that's what I call cruising. Way
to go.
Maybe you could list a few of your favourite anchorages for those of us
hoping to get up that way in the future.