What now skipper

[thurloo]

hi i would have done same as you . doubt i would have evern left the house , as i would have got weather forcast at home not down at the club.and as for going just for dinner .many a good man as not come home as you say . not worth it and realy not safe . my gungho days are also long gone . i only fight storms when they turn up when im on a long open sea trip. and no where to hide as if there is i will be in the safe place and stuff the jibs of the macho men . dave

 

[LadyInBed]

Given all your comments, maybe you should sell and get a MoBo. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[jb2008]

> [engine on] 4 knots for a distance of 26 miles means 6-7
> hours, meaning probably losing the tide at the end of the
> day. It will certainly be dark by then.
> Tacking and current means a VMG of 4-5 knots. See above.

I don't feel I'm qualified to say whether you should've gone or not.

But, out of curiosity, when you were planning the trip what
did you expect your average VMG to be?
You don't seem to have planned in much room for if you had
set off and had failed to make more than 6 knots?

 

[kingfisher]

My average speed through water I use for passage planning is 5kts. With the tide in the Westerschelde at full blast, I can easily make 7.5-8 kts. So the trip Terneuzen-Antwerpen on one tide is not that impossible. On top of that, you have 8 hours favourable tide, as you sail in with the tide.

No, I'm not getting a mobo yet, I'm not that desparate But my next boat will have an inside steering position. All I need is an inside throttle and an autopilot with a remote control at the chart table