By the Numbers

We made it to Beaufort, SC!

I thought I’d share some numbers of our trip.

Days

• 38 days -37 nights
• 21 days underway, 17 days staying put
• 12 nights on a mooring
  • 6 separate moorings
  • 3 free, 3 paid
• 15 nights at anchor
  • 10 anchorages
• 6 nights on a dock
  • 5 docks
  • 1 free, 4 paid
• 3 nights underway

Miles & Hours

• 1251 nautical miles traveled
• 221 hours underway
  • 194 hour motoring
  • 27 hours sailing(12.5% of trip)
  • 54.5 hours in the ICW(25% of trip)

Longest Trip

• Port Washington,NY to the C&D Canal, Delaware
• 200 nautical miles
• 36 hours of continuous travel

Shortest Trip/Highest Winds

• Potter Cove, RI to Newport, RI
• 11 nautical miles
• 20- 28 knots of wind directly behind us

Speed

• 11.4 knots, highest speed reached under motor in the Cape Cod Canal, current with us
• 8 knots, highest speed reached under sail alone with a double reefed main, downwind from Potter Cove, RI to Newport, RI

Groundings/Hangups

• 5 minutes- time run hard aground in Belhaven, NC
• 5 – # of other times we scraped the bottom (luckily all in sand!)
• 2- # of lobster pots caught on the rudder(on our 1st day out!)

Crew Stats

• Injuries Sustained -6
• Pacifiers retired – 4
  • Pacifier free days – 20 days and counting!
• Showers taken(each) -5
• School Days completed – 20
• Books read
  • By and to children -7 million
  • By adults – 1.5
• Marvel movies watched – 5
• Midges killed/scared off – 30,000

Money Matters

• Food Total $1398.60
  • $784.00 at the grocery store
  • $614.60 at resturaunts
  • Averages out to $9/person/day
• Dockage/Mooring Total $488.07
  • Moorings- $200.00 (6 nights)
  • Docks – $288.07 (3 nights)
• Entertainment on shore $186.00
  • Day Trips to Boston & New York City (not including food)
• Boat Needs
  • Fuel Total $509.22
    • Diesel $491.76
    • Propane $17.46
  • Repairs & Maintenance $192.00
• Laundry $41.50
• Miscellaneous $155.80

Total: $2971.19

It was a long, amazing, sometimes stressful, trip full of beautiful sunsets and sunrises, lots of quality family time, and many new places visited. We all got the cruising bug and are thinking of our next big trip already!