[bolger] Micro Cruising Speed

1.38 times the square root of the waterline puts Micro around 4kts.
she won't go much faster. but, probably not much slower! That gives
you about 24 miles for a 6 hour passage. If you can sit longer, God
bless you. that's about my limit. The good news is that you should be
able to put the tiller in a rack and it can self steer (rumor has it).

"p. vanderwaart" <pvander-@...> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=3807

>
> > Does anyone have bona fide data on average
> >speed for short coastal passages in a Micro.
>
> Jeff,
>
> I don't.
>
> However, I do have an observation: you might want to think in terms

of an

> average days progress in miles, rather than an average speed. For

example,

> I know from experience that 40 miles is a good days work in a Tartan

27.

> You may often do more, you may often do less, by 40 miles

port-to-port is a

> good working number.
>
> In order to make the 40 miles down the coast, you may have to sail a

couple

> of miles from your anchorage to the sea buoy, and at the end, you may

have

> to sail a couple of mile up a channel to the new anchorage.
>
> I would guess that 15-20 miles is good work in a Micro, but its

really is a

> guess. Clearly, your personal stamina enters into the equation. If

you can

> rise at 5am and sail to 8pm, you get more done than if your are

mortal.

>
> Peter
>

> Does anyone have bona fide data on average
>speed for short coastal passages in a Micro.

Jeff,

I don't.

However, I do have an observation: you might want to think in terms of an
average days progress in miles, rather than an average speed. For example,
I know from experience that 40 miles is a good days work in a Tartan 27.
You may often do more, you may often do less, by 40 miles port-to-port is a
good working number.

In order to make the 40 miles down the coast, you may have to sail a couple
of miles from your anchorage to the sea buoy, and at the end, you may have
to sail a couple of mile up a channel to the new anchorage.

I would guess that 15-20 miles is good work in a Micro, but its really is a
guess. Clearly, your personal stamina enters into the equation. If you can
rise at 5am and sail to 8pm, you get more done than if your are mortal.

Peter