Captain’s log 10-07-06
Departure Point / Start Time Port Jefferson, NY 1:30 PM
Arrival Point / End Time Kings Point, NY 9:30 PM
Distance Traveled / Engine 42 NM 7 h
After Maki left we went to the marina to fill up water and fuel. All in all, I got 17gallons in cans and 9 in the tanks. It looks like that the engine uses .8gal of fuel per hour at 1500rpms. I haven’t figured out how idling and load affect the gas usage.
We packed up everything and left for NY City. Outside, we encountered a strong easterly flow 15-20kts against an easterly current, which made the sound choppy. We had about 4-6 foot swell hitting us a stern, which made things a bit miserable for the first hour or so. But soon the wind died and so did the swell. We were already in too polluted water to fish and all we could do it motor and let the autopilot do the steering. By sunset we decided to keep on going deeper and deeper into the east river. The moon was full and made a beautiful moon rise on the east, directly astern. We made it all the way to Kings Point and anchored just off the Yacht Club in 14 feet of water. The plan was to catch the current next day at 11:30AM at Hells Gate.
Next day we went to Hells Gate and decided to anchor at Laguardia. We wanted to go to NY but soon got boarded by the coast guard. Everything went well but we had to stay onboard and wait for the next day’s current to continue. Spent a day stitching cockpit cushions. They came up pretty nice but I screwed up the sailboat on one of them.
Arrival Point / End Time Kings Point, NY 9:30 PM
Distance Traveled / Engine 42 NM 7 h
After Maki left we went to the marina to fill up water and fuel. All in all, I got 17gallons in cans and 9 in the tanks. It looks like that the engine uses .8gal of fuel per hour at 1500rpms. I haven’t figured out how idling and load affect the gas usage.
We packed up everything and left for NY City. Outside, we encountered a strong easterly flow 15-20kts against an easterly current, which made the sound choppy. We had about 4-6 foot swell hitting us a stern, which made things a bit miserable for the first hour or so. But soon the wind died and so did the swell. We were already in too polluted water to fish and all we could do it motor and let the autopilot do the steering. By sunset we decided to keep on going deeper and deeper into the east river. The moon was full and made a beautiful moon rise on the east, directly astern. We made it all the way to Kings Point and anchored just off the Yacht Club in 14 feet of water. The plan was to catch the current next day at 11:30AM at Hells Gate.
Next day we went to Hells Gate and decided to anchor at Laguardia. We wanted to go to NY but soon got boarded by the coast guard. Everything went well but we had to stay onboard and wait for the next day’s current to continue. Spent a day stitching cockpit cushions. They came up pretty nice but I screwed up the sailboat on one of them.
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