Penny and I departed Beaufort NC 0800 Wednesday Nov 26 and arrived St. John, USVI 1800 Wednesday Dec 3. Seven and a half days. We anchored in Caneel Bay and had a good night's sleep before setting out for Dominica the next morning at 1000. We arrived in Portsmouth at 0130 Friday Dec 5 and anchored. We cleared Customs today at noon - US$27.00. We will depart 0400 Sunday for Rodney Bay, St Lucia; Bequia on Monday; St Georges, Grenada Tuesday and arrive in Chaguaramas, Trinidad Wednesday early afternoon. Metrics on Beaufort-St. John passage: Consumed 553 gallons fuel over 207 hours = 2.62 GPH Distance: 1179 miles = 2.17 NMPG SOG averaged 6.6 knots with fish in 80% of the time We took 330 G water at the cruise ship pier in Dominica - cost EC$15. or US$5.60. You cannot begin to run a water maker for that cost. PPM designers take note - big tanks are good! Regards, John & Penny Camm "Seahorse" **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)

John, glad all is well. You are right on bigger tanks. Because of the hull design of the Duck and need for more fuel tankage only have 300 gals. with H2o maker as backup. This works OK until certain guests want a shower more than once a week on passages! Yes, then there is the washer/dryer another water gobbler and then the ice maker and then... We find the engine room a good dryer and who needs ice anyway! See you in AK 2010 where there is no charge for water. Safe travels. God Bless - Ross On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 5:10 PM, <Truelove39@aol.com> wrote: > Penny and I departed Beaufort NC 0800 Wednesday Nov 26 and arrived St. John, > USVI 1800 Wednesday Dec 3. Seven and a half days. We anchored in Caneel Bay > and had a good night's sleep before setting out for Dominica the next morning > at 1000. We arrived in Portsmouth at 0130 Friday Dec 5 and anchored. We > cleared Customs today at noon - US$27.00. We will depart 0400 Sunday for Rodney > Bay, St Lucia; Bequia on Monday; St Georges, Grenada Tuesday and arrive in > Chaguaramas, Trinidad Wednesday early afternoon. > > Metrics on Beaufort-St. John passage: > > Consumed 553 gallons fuel over 207 hours = 2.62 GPH > Distance: 1179 miles = 2.17 NMPG > SOG averaged 6.6 knots with fish in 80% of the time > We took 330 G water at the cruise ship pier in Dominica - cost EC$15. or > US$5.60. You cannot begin to run a water maker for that cost. PPM designers take > note - big tanks are good! > > Regards, > > John & Penny Camm > "Seahorse" > **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and > favorite sites in one place. Try it now. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World Productions, formerly known as Trawler World Productions.