[Rhodes22-list] Bill's Bahama Adventure - Day 1 (The Crossing)

[daniel snyder]

Thanks Bill.  I have the same motor so I was glad to hear your report. 
Congratulations on your success with such a big undertaking.  Great 
encouragement for others who just dream of this stuff.  Dan NH
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From: "William E. Wickman" <wewickman at duke-energy.com>
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> Dan,
> Crossing the Gulf Stream, we used our motor 100% of the time, the idea
> being to get across as quickly as possible.  For the trip overall, I'm sad
> to say that we sailed maybe 20% of the time.  It seemed like either the
> wind was too light or coming directly from the direction that we wanted to
> go, but mostly there were several days that we had to cover a lot of miles
> and we decided that we would rather spend more time in an anchorage than
> sitting on a boat that was sailing 3 knots.  500 nautical miles is an 
> awful
> lot of distance to cover in 11 days.  Too much, really.  Of course, we had
> a couple of detours that added to the mileage, but in retrospect I wish we
> had not tried to see the entire Berry Islands, or had allocated several
> more days for this trip.
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> I have the Yamaha 9.9 high thrust outboard and was very happy with it.  It
> had more than enough power for even the most demanding conditions, it was
> very reliable (we never had any problems), and very fuel efficient.  I had
> packed a number of spare engine parts, but never needed any of them 
> (except
> for the spare prop).
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> Bill Wickman
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> Bill, what a great trip and job you're doing in telling about it.  Thank
> you.  What % of the trip over was under sail only....sounds like you used
> your motor quite a bit.  Which motor did you use and how reliable was it 
> on
> such an extended trip?  Thanks again for sharing your story with everyone.
> Dan NH
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> From: "William E. Wickman" <wewickman at duke-energy.com>
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>> OK.  Enough of the political debates.  Attached is the next installment
> of
>> my trip to the Bahamas.
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>> Bill Wickman
>> s/v Fina Lee
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>> (See attached file: Bahamas 2006 Trip Log - Day 1.pdf)
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