25. Facts and figures, October 2019

It’s now 3 months since we completed our voyage so my apologies for the delay in producing these facts and figures. You may find them interesting so here we go:-

Start date – 17.04.19

End date – 26.07.19

Total time under way 361 hours and 41 minutes

Total distance logged – 1756.65nm. This is distance through the water and does not allow for tides and the like.

Total engine hours – 233 hours 30 minutes including motor sailing.

Total hours under sail – 128 hours 11 minutes not including motor sailing. The swell on the West Coast of Ireland forced us to motor sail on occasions when, in flatter water we would have easily sailed.

Nights moored to a pontoon – 44. All at a cost apart from 5 at Portrush which were discounted as we were storm bound and 4 at Ardfern waiting for a new windlass to be delivered.

Nights on a mooring – 17. Most moorings were free.

Nights at anchor – 35. Apart from Falmouth Haven anchorages all were free.

Storm bound (included in the numbers above) – 19.

Nights at sea – 4. We aimed to make as much of the trip as possible day sails, albeit sometimes long day sails!

We have done little sailing in Lacerta since we got back. We lifted out in August to have the bottom copper coated – no more antifouling in the depths of winter! Completion of this has been held up by the wet weather we have been experiencing and some problems with the rudder. Having had problems with oil leaks and loss of power in the engine we took the big decision to replace our old Volvo engine with a new Beta 30. We are currently awaiting delivery which should be in the next two weeks. We will then relaunch and stay in the water over the winter and maybe get some winter sailing in.

Next year we are planning to head South for some sun!

Thanks for following us on this trip.