{"id":6103,"date":"2016-09-09T14:47:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T14:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=6103"},"modified":"2016-09-09T14:49:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T14:49:53","slug":"280-miles-to-weather-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=6103","title":{"rendered":"280 miles to weather in one day"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Friday morning and I just got off my 04:00 to 08:00 watch with Captain Mark for our first night at sea. \u00a0We have made great time heading south at a steady 12kts even though we are headed directly into a 25kt SW wind. \u00a0 \u00a0 Actually, all it takes is 2,000 HP and the willingness to burn 1,000 gallons of fuel a day. \u00a0Spray or not, we don’t get a drop as nobody goes outside unless it’s absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n

We rounded Montauk around noon yesterday and are currently between the Delaware River and the mouth of the Chesapeake. \u00a0I’d guess that we will \u00a0pass Cape Hatteras sometime tonight.<\/p>\n

I haven’t been able to post since leaving Montauk as the satellite receivers weren’t properly lined up to receive the signal. \u00a0 However, it’s all fixed now so I can get this post up, thanks Captain Mark. \u00a0 \u00a0 Oh well, a bit of technical issues with the receiver dishes.\u00a0 Such is life on the open seas.<\/p>\n

Yesterday at around 07:30, we slipped off of the dock and moved over to another spot where the fuel\u00a0 truck could reach us. \u00a0I had to stay on the dock to catch the lines at the other dock where we took on fuel. \u00a0\u00a0She looked great in the early morning light.\u00a0\"9-8-16b-024\"The fuel truck pulled up and fed her 3,000 gallons of diesel.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The boat carries 15,000 gallons, about the same amount that a semi truck that services gas stations holds. \u00a0 The truck looked pretty small next to us.\u00a0\"9-8-16a-001\"For the trip we will use about 3,000 gallons or 1,000 per day of fuel.\u00a0 Don\u2019t worry, that includes the 100k generator too. \u00a0\u00a0Whew, for a moment you thought that was how much the main engines used.\u00a0 Nope, they only use about 900 gallons per day.\u00a0 The generator uses a little less than 100 gallons per day.\u00a0 Oh yeah, and nobody worries about water. \u00a0Use all you want as their water maker puts out, well plenty.<\/p>\n

While we were waiting the hour or more that it took to put in all that fuel, they stowed some of the last items aboard including this scooter. \u00a0Up she went.\u00a0\"9-8-16b-025\"The bridge is amazing with redundant equipment for everything. \u00a0 Very comfy chairs. \u00a0\"9-8-16a-005\"And, then there is the communication equipment.\u00a0 That\u2019s Captain Mark.\u00a0 Nice guy.\u00a0\u00a0 Besides, he loves catboats, just like me and Brenda. \u00a0Double nice.\u00a0\"9-8-16b-040\"There are monitors everywhere to keep the crew appraised of any possible problems. \u00a0This screen monitors the fuel and water tanks.\u00a0\"9-8-16b-033\"Love the schematic to let you know exactly where in the boat something may be amiss.\"9-8-16b-034\"The engineer, a great Aussie, gave me a tour of the engine room. \u00a0 We had to wear hearing protection as it’s REALLY NOISY in there. \u00a0However, outside of that room, it’s very quiet and on the upper levels, you wouldn’t be able to tell that the engines are on if it were not for the low vibration. \u00a0 It’s so clean you could eat off of the floor. \u00a0 \u00a0I expect that isn’t allowed as someone might leave a mess. \u00a0“who left that banana peel in the bilge?”\"9-8-16b-029\"There are monitors all over the ship but this is “command central” in the engine room. \u00a0 Looks like the control wall for a power plant.
\n\"9-8-16b-031\"The engineer says A-OK, ready for liftoff…\"9-8-16b-032\"Amid all the high tech gear Mark has put together a simple Captain-Mark-made sling cyclometer for measuring the dewpoint. \u00a0It’s funny to see such a rudimentary piece of equipment among all the other amazing gear. \u00a0 Aboard a yacht like this nearly everything is complex, by design and EVERYTHING has an alarm built in to keep you on your toes with the possible exception of this nifty gadget. \u00a0 No wait, if someone was to “sling” it and rap it against something I expect that Captain Mark would make quite a noise. \u00a0\"9-8-16b-038\"So, how about the view from my cabin?\u00a0 Of course, there are blackout shades on these portholes in the cabin and head to make the cabin dark as night. \u00a0They are motorized of course. \u00a0\u00a0\"9-8-16b-041\"Last but not least, there\u2019s Hillary.\u00a0 It\u2019s alarming to see her just standing there in the \u201cmedia room\u201d.\u00a0 How appropriate given her near constant presence in our lives these days. \u00a0\u00a0I have to pass her each time I head to my cabin.\"9-8-16b-026\"Well, that’s all for now. With nearly 300 miles under our keel in a single day, that’s a lot of peddling, especially directly into the wind.<\/p>\n

They say that “gentlemen never go to weather”. \u00a0Well, those guys must not have been aboard a motoryacht.<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, almost forgot. \u00a0Steak filets, perfectly done, for dinner last night along with roasted baby potatoes (they never stood a chance) and mixed veggies. \u00a0 Thanks Chef. \u00a0Awesome!<\/p>\n

Of course, we do have to keep our strength up.<\/p>\n

Time for a nap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s Friday morning and I just got off my 04:00 to 08:00 watch with Captain Mark for our first night at sea. \u00a0We have made great time heading south at a steady 12kts even though we are headed directly into a 25kt SW wind. \u00a0 \u00a0 Actually, all it takes is 2,000 HP and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6103"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6120,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6103\/revisions\/6120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}