T&T: Med Bound Statistics, Salty Dawg Dennis Bruckel dbruckel at earthlink.net Fri Jul 20 15:12:51 EDT 2007 Esther and I recently completed the Milt Baker Med Bound 07 (Florida to Gibraltar) cruise on Salty Dawg (N55/4), owned by David and Lowie Bock. Below are some "Real world" figures on speed, fuel consumed, and hours run on three long passages at various speeds. These figures are consistent with those seen in previous cruises on the same boat offshore from the Bahamas to New England and return last season. Trip statistics: Fuel usage does not include an average of 3 hours generator use per day. Leg 1, Florida to Bermuda Miles traveled-1,020 Engine hours-140 Gallons fuel consumed- 852 Miles per gallon- 1.2 Gallons per hour- 6.09 Miles per hour- 7.29 Notes for above- We ran faster than our usual as we were in the company of seven other yachts, the two largest were 62 feet. Leg 2, Bermuda to Azores Miles traveled- 1,795 Engine hours- 291 Gallons fuel consumed- 1,095 Miles per gallon- 1.64 Gallons per hour- 3.76 Miles per hour- 6.17 Notes for above-Only three yachts on this leg, the smallest was worried about range for the first half or so of the trip, so speed was reduced from our normal. Leg 3, Azores to Gibraltar Miles traveled-1,185 Engine hours- 175 Gallons fuel consumed- 769 Miles per gallon-1.54 Gallons per hour-4.39 Miles per hour-6.77 Notes for above- Probably about our normal cruising speed. In fact though, for the entire trip, Bluewater (AKA "Holdback vessel", Nordhavn 47) was the lead vessel and we varied speed to match Bluewater's, so engine rpm varied frequently to hold station in varying currents. Overall trip Florida to Gibraltar statistics Miles traveled- 3,989 miles Engine hours-608 Gallons fuel consumed-2,721 Miles per gallon- 1.47 Gallons per hour- 4.48 Miles per hour- 6.56 We were undoubtable slowed to some extent by the drag of four fishing lines (and the odd fish) during daylight hours. We expect to spend the balance of the summer cruising the Spanish Med coast and Balearic Islands then return to our winter Florida home in Fall. The Bocks and the boat will remain in the Med for the winter of 2007-8. Salty Dawg's owners and crew wan to extend to Milt and Judy a hearty "Thanks" for all the work that went into getting everyone across the "Pond" without incident. Dennis, Esther, David and Lowie Dennis Bruckel, Cruising Editor Waterway Guide Albin 27 Sadie B website www.debruckel.com