ok! how far?

MYAG said:
It's about 140 nm. I would have thought very doable in your boat in a day in nice conditions. Start planning! :)
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I reckon it would be quite tiring and better done in two chunks. The problem is that there's no half way stopping point - it's really either Weymouth or Torquay. Personally I'd want to get Lyme Bay out of the way so I'd opt for a long Day One and then a gentle saunter west of Plymouth the next day.
 
When we first started sea boating, 1970, St valery to hampton court, 20 hours, dont remember the milage, red was 12p per gallon!

even at that price we carried the fuel in cans using boiler fuel as it was cheaper!
 
We did Salcome - Cork in 1 day (below is our 2 day track-log)... That must be about 200 miles I reckon? We whacked it accross on a new Sunseeker Manhattan 52 - oh those were the days :D

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To be fair, we had weather on our side :D

 
Longest Trip

210 NM from Lerwick to Bergen in Sealine 420 in Year 2000. It took 10 hours on a flat calm North Sea. SWMBO said she would never accompany me again on such a passage as we would never get that lucky again. Can't remember the price of diesel then but it must have been sub £0.25 per litre I guess. Fairly boring trip apart from passing through a NATO naval excercise off the Norwegian coast but what a sense of achievement (and relief) getting there!
 
About 85Nm Home to home round the Isle of Wight

Otherwise 40Nm approx to Poole

21ft sports boat

Planning Swanage this year and maybe Lulworth if the conditions are good.
 
hlb said:
Only about 130 miles, in one do. I'd have run out of juice if gone much further.

But 600 miles or more was a regular jaunt. Plymouth, then all the CI's, Brittainy and up to the solent, with a bit of a stroll back to Plymouth.

But I never used MF's in flight refueling system. That was always there for, if there was no diesel there, or stupid expensive.

Anyway, as I agreed in the first place, 4 or five hours of 20 odd knots, is quite enough on the fly bridge, it was never meant as an endurance test.

It was supposed to be a holiday.
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About 130nm From Mahon, Menorca to St Feliu de Guixols - without using any diesel at all. Took about 25 hours. We arrived a bit too early and had to hang around until midday to avoid paying for an extra day at St Feliu de Guixols which is not cheap.

Boat was/is a 52ft gaff rigged Pilot Cutter.
 
Narrowly beaten by MYAG, :), my record is 370nm in one long day. St Carles de la Rapita in Spain to Antibes in France, in one hit
 
BartW said:
in january this year

San Remo - Fiumicino (Rome) 240nm
11hrs 40min,
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today I broke my own record,
(not the forum record dough)

Fiumicino (It) - Toulon (France)
in one hit

first leg 4,5h @ approx 21kn
then 9h @ approx 9kn (poodling in the dark)
last part 5,5h @ approx 22,5kn

total: 20,5h,
320nm
fuel cons 3400l

pleasantly surprised with exceptionally low fuel usage during displacement speed (first time we did a long leg)
no absolute firgures dough
 
MapisM said:
In one day? Mmm... having recently made a 54 hours non-stop passage averaging 10kts, I suppose my daily record has to be 240 Nm or so.
But at the end of the day, isn't that just a matter of which boat you have and which sea conditions you must deal with?
IIRC, some years ago Buzzi made it from Venice to Monaco (a 1100+ NM trip!) in just a few minutes less than 24 hours.... :eek:
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Is it that short a trip???

Just checked Google Earth and you are correct. Thought it was longer....:o

I did Newport Maryland to Bermuda in a Peterson 41 in 4 days ... F7-F9 throughout. (Newport to Bermuda regatta) Tough haul. About 210 nm per day under sail.
 
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BartW said:
total: 20,5h,
320nm
fuel cons 3400l

pleasantly surprised with exceptionally low fuel usage during displacement speed (first time we did a long leg)
no absolute firgures dough
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That's good for BA Bart.

The Princess uses 3666 litres to cover 335 NMiles at 24-25 knots constant speed in calm to moderate, following to quartering seas.
When conditions are favourable, we have covered 900 miles in 3 consecutive 12 hour days.
 
a long way

Avg 36 knts 16hrs total berth to berth 2hr stop for refuel Cape Hatteras from Miami

A bunch work it out

PS the fuel cost was a blast
 
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