Boat Handling and Slamming

[ians]

Ash

Sorry to hear that, but good clean boat yours, should not have any problem selling,
(I mite buy it then sell it on without the table !!!)

Ians

 

[BrendanS]

Interestingly, on small performance boats, sometimes the answer is to speed up. If you are going fast enough on the top of the waves, it all smooths out. Depends on boat, conditions and sea state, so really down to experience.

 

[zt260]

Make me an offer on the table say over 34k and i will throw in the boat /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[ians]

Brendan

Could not agree more, like conditions like that as you can get someware in resonable time, not the realy crap conditions that make you take 14 bl---y hours !!
to get to York from Lowestoft

regards

ian

 

[ians]

Nice one Ash
Will have a think about that one, mine is now on its last legs after falling on the dam thing trying to take some good photos of a big wave on holiday.
Its now been modified to mark 11 with metal bars and lots of superglue !!

but I have a cunning plan !1

ians

 

[coastwise]

Ian
If you are considering a few months up north, then through the canal to western isles would be well within time scale.
Brought one back from the Clyde to Tyne via Crinan & Caledonia Canal the other week - great area, that now offers good facilities if you want them or quiet anchorages if prefered. Did Mull circuit previously - Divemaster's pictures very nostalgic - great area with or without rain or midges. If I ever get a few weeks spare, that is where I will be heading again.
Paul

 

[Divemaster1]

No problems, send a PM or whatever ... we can then exchange phone nos and chat...

After the Forth, you'll have Arbroath, Montrose, Peterhead, Banff, Whitehills, Lossiemouth and loads more where you can berth/re-fuel, so absolutely no probs making the journey with your range...

 

[ians]

Cheers for that Paul

Yes the western isles look great, its on the list.
Just need to be lucky with the weather

Ians

 

[SnaxMuppet]

[ QUOTE ]
Interestingly, on small performance boats, sometimes the answer is to speed up. If you are going fast enough on the top of the waves, it all smooths out. Depends on boat, conditions and sea state, so really down to experience.

[/ QUOTE ]I have found this to be very true. I usually find out when I have to come down off the plane for some reason (e.g. extra big wave) and then I can not get back up onto the plane. Often it starts to slam but as the speed picks up and the boat lifts further out of the water it settles down to just being a bumpy ride but quite OK.

I think it depends a lot of the distance crest to crest.. By going faster I seem to miss the next wave or not hit it so badly.

Sometimes though I have misread it, thinking I could go through the slamming phase but never do... then I have no choice than to slow back down and accept it for now and try again when I notice a change in the state of the surface.

 

[MedDreamer]

As a matter of interest Arny, did you work out your average speed for your Round Britain trip and if so hhow did it compare to what you would consider your normal cruising speed?

 

[ians]

Many Thanks Alf
Appreciate it,

Regards

Ian

 

[SnaxMuppet]

Stats then…
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[*]Distance covered 1612nm
Charted distance as I didn’t have a log to measure water distance
[*]Average speed 13.1 kts
Not including time in harbour nor Caledonian Canal as that was all at 5 kts and it would skew the figures
[*]Fuel used 1921 ltrs
A mixture of fuel from marinas and car petrol stations
[*]Cheapest fuel £1.19 per ltr
Lowestoft BP Garage
[*]Most expensive fuel £1.53 per ltr
Hull Marina
[*]Average fuel consumption 1.2 ltr/nm
[*]Best leg fuel consumption 0.83 ltr/nm
[*]Worst leg fuel consumption 1.91 ltr/nm
[*]Total time at sea 121 hrs 35 mins
[*]Time away from home port 62 days
[*]Problems with boat or engines - None
[/list]
I would say that most of the time my speed was down on what I planned for. I planned for 18kts but the seas were bigger than I had hoped for and I spent more time in seas that wouldn't allow me to plane properly with a lot of throttle adjusting etc.

I would say that for most of the time I was doing around 12-14kts. OK, I had a few days, particularly at the end, when I managed 18-22kts but the first 3/4 of the trip was mostly at or abouts 14kts.

This made a noticable difference on the fuel used and I used a lot more than originally planned for but never more than the max allowed for so all was well.