South Coast Delivery Run.

[adey]

I posted previously about bringing my Sea Ray 260 Sundancer from Brighton to Plymouth by road. A few of you whetted my appetite by suggesting a run down by sea would be good experience.
Well, I’ve decided to cancel the road transport and bring her down by sea!

There were a few concerns;
1) It’s a long way in one day
2) My time scale was fixed so the weather might be a problem
3) I have very little experience

My solution is this;
1) break the trip into 2 or 3 hops
2) I’ll be more flexible on the dates
3) That’s were you lot come in!

Is anyone up for a run from Brighton - ? – Weymouth – Plymouth.
Either the whole trip or any leg?

She’s being dropped into the water on 22nd March. I am available 23rd, 24th or 29th onwards.

Any offers? (tcm?)

 

[hlb]

Your boat must have a hell of a range to do it in a day. Two days would be very hard work and a bit knackering. I'd treat the trip as a holiday and spend about a week getting there, visiting all the nice places on the way. Bet it takes nearer a week anyway!!

 

[Wiggo]

What's your fuel range, Adey? Petrol or diesel? If you're petrol, then availability will be the deciding factor. I would do Brighton/Solent/Weymouth/Brixham/Plymouth, but as Haydn says, make a week of it and stop off in a few places. In a boat that size, passage planning is crucial - have lots of bolt holes in case the weather turns. Happy to help if you need a hand with the planning.

 

[hlb]

How far is Brighton Solent?? Never been up that end.

 

[phanakapan]

Sent you Pm re Brighton-first leg.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

About 60 miles/3 hours and its dead boring until you hit the lumpy bits off Selsey Bill

 

[hlb]

Think thats why I've never been!!! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[whisper]

If you can't afford a five day trip (time wise) then why not do it over 2 or 3 weekends. You just need to choose stopovers that are relatively easy to get to by train, so you can get home again. Eg :- Portsmouth, S'hampton, Lymington(I think), Poole, Weymouth, Torquay. Would be a very pleasant trip in reasonably settled weather.

 

[adey]

Whisper, that's pretty much what I was thinking...Do smallish hops and abandon it in different marinas along the way until there's a weather slot and someone to help. The only tricky time for me workwise is the Easter weekend, before and after that I'm pretty much free.
Here's a pic and full spec..

Searay, Sundancer 260, 2001

Overall length – 08.53M / 28ft.00 ins
Beam - 02.59M / 08ft 06 ins
Draft - 00.86M / 02ft 11 ins

Machinery
Single Mercruiser 5.0 ltr EFI V8 240 HP / 165 hours
Bravo 2 outdrive
Power trim and tilt
Electric / Hydraulic trim tabs
Cruising speed around 25 Knots
Maximum speed around 32 Knots
Stainless Propeller
Navigation Aids
Garmin 182c GPS / Plotter
Ritchie Compass
Icom IC-M503 marine VHF radio
Garmin 250 Fishfinder
Ground Tackle
Anchor and Chain
Electric Windlass
General Equipment
Navigation lights
Pulpit rail
Full cockpit camper covers
Clarion radio / CD player
Snap Davits / Warps and Fenders
Safety
Fire Extinguishers as follows:
1x engine bay automatic extinguisher
1x in cockpit
1x in cabin
Fire blanket in cabin
Carbon monoxide monitor
Electrics
Two 12v batteries
Charged by alternator / 240v battery charger
240v battery charger
Three 240v Sockets
Tankage
321.7 ltr / 85 gallon fuel capacity
Holding waste tank
Cold water tank 106 ltr / 28 gallons
Water system
Pressurised hot and cold water tank
Water heated by engine calorifier or 240v shore power
Immersion heater,
Accomodation
Sleeps four
Aft cabin with double berth,
U shaped seating in saloon, dinette converts to double berth
Galley to port, with sink, Microwave oven, and 12 / 240v
Refrigerator, Gas Hob,
Heads compartment with vacu flush WC, hand basin and shower
Cockpit with L shaped lounger opposite helm seat
Seating converts to sun bed , cockpit table,
Wet bar, ample storage cupboards, beverage holders,
Cooler box in storage cupboard.

 

[Planty]

Would you suggest Looe Channel or out round the Owers ??? Paul

 

[longjohnsilver]

Well availability of petrol will be crucial, don't think you can get it in Weymouth so will probably need to consider Poole to Torquay as one leg. Depending on other commitments I may be able to help with last leg assuming Torquay - Plymouth.

 

[BrendanS]

Petrol is fine at Weymouth. Simply book into Marina. They will loan trolley and big cans to take to petrol station just down the road. Done it many a time

 

[mainshiptom]

Just put your fag out !

Tom

 

[DAKA]

I assume you will not have much of an idea on range so I hope this helps

I had a Bayliner 2651 that hasn't the Pedegre of a searay but it was a similar size and a Mercrusier 5.0L V8 230hp

We went 110 NM in smooth/calm ish waters. We used 61 gals.(UK)

Check the size of your tanks a US gal is smaller than UK gal.
6 to 5 approx.


Iam going to move a boat from Falmouth to Hayling Island over the next 2-4 weeks if you can work out a way of helping each other with the logistics please send me a pm. We could do to swop cars one week end.

 

[Nauti Fox]

We had the about the same range as Daka with a 2755 and 7.4 V8 330 hp.
We could just about do Rochester to Eastbourne in one hop provided it was smooth.It was just about at our limits as well as the boats! Normally followed by a huge row as we were locking into Eastbourne.I put it down to caffeine depravation.
If we were going to go close to our endurance I always used to carry spare fuel in 25L drums.

 

[DAKA]

We had spare jerry cans everywhere, good job the bed was a king size !
Also had an extra seperate tank with a Y switch valve.

Still cheaper per mile than current diesel boat, they just keep getting bigger.
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[Planty]

We did the same, however did get a comment from somebody who went out of there way to tell us that local bye laws in harbour / marina "prohibits decanting of Petrol" which is why only Diesel is available at fueling place. Not many can have been done though as Marina continue to loan cans. Paul

 

[Nauti Fox]

I know the Bayliners sometimes get a pasting round here but I've gotta say it was a brilliant boat, never let us down and it was loads of fun and would top out at just over 40 knots while you watched the fuel gauge go down.Sometimes I do miss the simplicity of just getting on and being somewhere else very quickly!
It now sits up the Medway at Maidstone and never moves, what a terrible, terrible waste!
Sad really.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

I've always taken the Looe Channel but the gap between the buoys at the western end is very narrow so you need to be spot on with your navigation but with GPS it's not a problem. In poor vis, it may be best to go outside the Owers

 

[gcwhite]

Dartmouth is much better than Brixham