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

[Chris Geankoplis]

Thanks Bill!!
                    Well written with lots of useful info.  (though the
description of the order of contents of Joe's stomach suffered due to the
lack of good pictures, next time be sure you document.  Inquiring
minds...........

Chris G
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From: "daniel snyder" <danielsnyder at adelphia.net>
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> 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
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William E. Wickman" <wewickman at duke-energy.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 1:08 PM
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Crossing)
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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.
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > 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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> > Cc: <tnrhodey at hotmail.com>; <thenacarville at bellsouth.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 10:46 AM
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Bill's Bahama Adventure - Day 1 (The Crossing)
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> >
> >> OK.  Enough of the political debates.  Attached is the next installment
> > of
> >> my trip to the Bahamas.
> >>
> >> Bill Wickman
> >> s/v Fina Lee
> >>
> >>
> >> (See attached file: Bahamas 2006 Trip Log - Day 1.pdf)
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