[Public-List] Southbound ICW trip over

[Rolph and Joan Townshend via Public-List]

What engine do you have? With the Atomic 4 you should be getting 6.5 - 7
kts at 1700 rpm.There is never need to go beyond 1700. Ever
 Towney

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Kurt R via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Came in Friday making as high as 8.3mph SOG (motor, tide, and tailwind) for
> the last few miles of bringing #429, nee "Sundance", to her new home in
> Georgetown, SC, from Fleets Bay, VA.
> Total trip distance according to GPS was 496 miles, tho it was a bit more
> than that as GPS was not always on the first few days. Underway 10 days and
> 3.5 hours port-to-port.
> Due to Dismal still being closed, came via Chesapeake canal/Coinjock route,
> with the exception of one offshore leg between Morehead and Masonboro
> Inlet, NC.
> Went "astump" briefly in VA while circling for a draw bridge, and also
> found bottom for 10 minutes or so in the notorious Shallotte Inlet of NC.
> Had fuel issues the first 5 days which came to a conclusion when I
> jury-rigged a jerry can in the cockpit and gravity fed the engine from that
> instead. This allowed for much better and higher-speed running engine
> (first 5 days speed average was 3.3 kts @1700rpm max). I think the inboard
> tank must never have been cleaned since 1970, as I never was able to fit in
> more than 4.5 gals fuel. Jerry can rig allowed me to up revs to 2200 and
> speed to 5 or 5.5mph, still low but considerably better.
> Documentation shows the prop as being 13.68" diam with an 11" pitch, and I
> think that is wrong, and the reason for the slow speeds. Under sail I was
> able to do better than engine speeds even in light air. Didn't get much of
> that, but thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. She sails every bit as
> nimbly and able as my Ariel.
> Let the projects begin...
> Kurt
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