Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Passage Summary

Total miles sailed: 2,482nm
Rhumb line: 2,368nm

Days on passage: 13.75

Best day: 196nm
Worst day: 157nm

Average day: 181nm
Average speed: 7.5kts

Hours motoring: 95hrs
Average speed while motoring: 7.1kts (too much time against an adverse current)
Fuel consumption: 1.6gph

Average speed while sailing: 7.7kts

The true wind was mostly just forward of the beam with some short periods when it came aft the beam. The sea state was generally very reasonable punctuated with some periods of very confused seas as we transitioned across currents and weather patterns.