weustace
Member
Hi all
I have tentatively agreed to help a friend get his Co26 back from Dartmouth to the Solent in the next few weeks--we are both very flexible in terms of timing, so should be able to select and exploit a weather window. He has only brought her round from Plymouth so hasn't a great deal of experience of the boat and is not sufficiently confident yet to make night passages solo.
A few questions for the collective wisdom of YBW:
1. The boat is currently on a buoy at Dittisham; any experience of navigating the river from Dittisham down to Dartmouth at night? It looks fine with a decent torch but only been up there once.
2. Any estimates for Co26 passage planning speed? I plan on between 4 and 5kn in my Achilles 24 with a decent breeze; I will be seeking >10kn wind ideally between close reach and broad reach in a forecast, and I assume that a heavy long keeler will require 10kn to get moving? The boat is fitted with round-boom roller furling, which I fear delivers a fairly abysmal sail shape from what I've seen of it, so I'm not very optimistic we'll see more than 4kn...
3. Thoughts on 1GM10 fuel consumption? I assume it's about 1.5l/hr at cruising revs; he thinks the tank is about 30l and carries a further 10l in cans.
Thanks in advance!
Regards
William
I have tentatively agreed to help a friend get his Co26 back from Dartmouth to the Solent in the next few weeks--we are both very flexible in terms of timing, so should be able to select and exploit a weather window. He has only brought her round from Plymouth so hasn't a great deal of experience of the boat and is not sufficiently confident yet to make night passages solo.
A few questions for the collective wisdom of YBW:
1. The boat is currently on a buoy at Dittisham; any experience of navigating the river from Dittisham down to Dartmouth at night? It looks fine with a decent torch but only been up there once.
2. Any estimates for Co26 passage planning speed? I plan on between 4 and 5kn in my Achilles 24 with a decent breeze; I will be seeking >10kn wind ideally between close reach and broad reach in a forecast, and I assume that a heavy long keeler will require 10kn to get moving? The boat is fitted with round-boom roller furling, which I fear delivers a fairly abysmal sail shape from what I've seen of it, so I'm not very optimistic we'll see more than 4kn...
3. Thoughts on 1GM10 fuel consumption? I assume it's about 1.5l/hr at cruising revs; he thinks the tank is about 30l and carries a further 10l in cans.
Thanks in advance!
Regards
William