How long was yours...?

[EdEssery]

Following the theme of threads on fuel consumption etc. and with the end of the traditional sailing season upon us...

How long was your season and what were the high and low points?

Skybird comes out tomorrow having gone in on 1st March. During that time we have logged 1021NM (1135 over the ground according to the GPS) and averaged 4.9 knots. About half our mileage has been doing the RSYC Double Series which has been great fun. We've also logged just short of 105 hours on the engine.

The high point was probably a spinnaker run from the inner harbour in Cherbourg all the way to Bembridge Ledge in glorious sunshine on the Sunday of the Whitsun Bank Holiday. The low point was a broach and spinnaker wrap about two cables off the beach just to the west of St Albans head at about 1am in the morning during the Weymouth double. It was just a touch scary for a moment or two...

What about your season?

Ed

P.S. I know the season is 12 months for many people these days, but some of us have a bunch of maintenance to do and an older boat which benefits from spending three or four months out of the water.

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[celandine]

Sounds like a pretty fair season to me, especially as the weather has been of such extremes this year. I don't know, but I would be prepared to guess that the majority make less use of their boats than that. (I'm judging by the number of yachts firmly ensconsed in their base marina on a sunny weekend in high season) Among my cruising acquaintances it is really only retired people who get the best out of their boats. Me, I'm in the boaty business which is the wrong one to be in if you want to get away at weekends. However we did have a good run from the East Coast down to the C.I's and back.

Mick

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