Ideal Cruising

[Alasgun]

Listening to the full timers, I get excited to think about possibly losing track of the months etc. But until then, I actually have a pretty good situation.
Like Old Growth, I work a lot of hours, 168 to be exact but I do it all in 14- 12 hour days. Then I have the other 2 weeks off EVERY MONTH!
Then I factor in vacation during the summer and have 2 hitches where I'm off for 3 weeks at a time.
Should I be embarrassed about this?
Looking foward to a great summer, Mike

[journey on]

Steve, realizing that a couple of months are needed to cruise the inside passage, was the one of the smartest things you've done (and please sort out the mixed metaphors.) We took a couple of months and didn't see enough.

the C-Dory allows you to get from A to B quickly, and that can be good, but cruising is to smell the roses whilst one goes from A to B. That's why Journey On is usually at 7 knts.

Boris

[Pat Anderson]

Boris evidently plotted some data on speeds at various RPMs and economy for Daydream and Anna Leigh (see the Journey On album). These are a bit out of date now, we have gotten "heavy" since then and I would be remiss if I did not report that at 4600 RPM, cruise speeds 12 - 14 knots, based on recent experience we now are right around 2 NMPG...another very good argument for trawler speeds! I said 2800 RPM was 5 - 7 knots, reflecting it really is closer to 6 - 8 knots. It only dropped to 5+ knots in some really gnarly conditions. Not that it matters all that much of course. But ecomony at trawler speed at least doubles and probably triples (we shall have to gain some experience to confirm this more precisely).

[416rigby]

Peace and Serenity come at such a small cost if you want them to.
Your Welcome Jeff and Cathy
We had a wonderful time as always.
We have one thing to say (thanks to Patrick).....
"It's all in how you use your noodle"

[Dora~Jean]

Boris, yep, I'm liking my decision more and more on doing a professional cruise with such limited time. It would be mixed emotions at the end of the 3 weeks while driving home (4-5 days) on how fast can I come back to see more of the beautiful SE AND get into cruising mode. In the Bahamas it took a solid 3-4 weeks on the water to truly just begin to get in that mode, it was fantastic. Like others, when you have to recount which day it is by counting up from a known event (like church on a recent Sunday), then you know you're beginning to leave the bonds of daily city-life.

I've also slowed down even further recently to below planing speeds, 6-7 kts, when it gets too rough to do at least 14 kmph. Too much work jockying the throttle and unhealthy gas mileage between 8-12 kts. Not worth it, what's the hurry anyway?

[dotnmarty]

Well, the "slow boat to Coupeville" is about to set out from Everett for the third time in as many weeks. Maybe this time we'll make it, maybe not. Who cares. Life is good. I heard on the radio that it's June the first. No kidding.