I had planned on giving a presentation at the Rendezvous, but it’s not to be.

So, here is the outline.  I will post this on my blog, DauntlessatSea.com

I have also posted, somewhat unedited, three galleries of pictures, you need to use these links:

• The most recent videos from the Atlantic crossing,

https://dauntless.smugmug.com/Dauntless-Atlantic-2016-Videos/n-ddh7xF/

• My northern Europe pictures and some videos from April thru November 2016, including the painting of Dauntless in the spring and a few of my side trips to Galicia and Veneto, Italy.

https://dauntless.smugmug.com/Dauntless-2016-Northern-Europe/n-6MSG6Q/

• The pictures from most of 2017, including the Atlantic Passage, the Caribbean, the Panama Canal and other things.

https://dauntless.smugmug.com/Dauntless-2017-Panama-Canal-/n-TWg5MZ/

Most galleries are in chronological order. The date time group is also embedded in the file name. Please forgive all the redundancy.  It’s always easier to take too many pictures than not enough, though it makes sorting after the fact a real PIA.

Also, should you see anything and have a specific question, please feel free to email me.

Kadey Krogen Rendezvous 2017

Richard on Dauntless

 

Dauntless’ Second Atlantic Passage

• Four Legs from Europe to the Caribbean
  • Leg 1 Rota Spain to Rabat, Morocco, via Gibraltar to fuel up
    • 250 nm
    • 50 hours total
  • Leg 2 Rabat Morocco to Las Palmas, the Canaries (unexpected stop)
    • 600 nm
    • 4 days, 1 hr., 35 min
    • Avg speed 6.1 knots
  • Leg 3 Las Palmas to Heiro, the western most island in the Canaries, Fuel top-up
    • 172 nm
    • 31 hours and 45 min
    • 5.5 knots
  • The last & biggest leg, the only one that mattered, the Canaries to Martinique
    • 460 hours, (19 days, 4 hours)
    • 2582 nm
    • 7 knots
  • The “Oh, BTW, you still have 2000 miles to go” leg, Martinique to Panama Canal and Mexico
    • 460 hours, (19 days, 4 hours)
    • 2582 nm
    • 7 knots
    • Same strong easterly trade winds; same large, mixed seas
    • Avg roll +13°/-09° ext 22°/-10°

Overall Winds & Seas

• Conditions are Very Different than the North Atlantic
• Trade winds prevent turning back
  • Constant wind speeds of 20 to 35 knots
  • Direction varied over 90° from NE to SE
    • 3 wave sets produced large 25° roll every 8 to 10 minutes for 3 weeks
    • NE & SE wave sets, smaller, longer period
    • wave heights predominate 10 to 15 feet at 8 seconds
      • 3 different wave sets produced large 25° roll every 8 to 10 minutes for 3 weeks
      • First week very disconcerting to have stern fall to stbd so suddenly every periodically
    • Since leaving North Africa, until the Panama Canal, more than 5,000 nm and more than 60 days underway, all but two of those days required the paravane stabilizers.
    • Entering the Pacific and turning northwest from Panama City, in the first four days we had no need of stabilization. They call it the Pacific for a reason.

Crises In the mid-Atlantic

Fuel Loss

• What Happened
• Possible Solutions
• What I did
• What I now think I should have done (hint: Much Ado About Nothing)

Hydraulic Hose for Rudder failure

• What Happened
  • I was screwing around
  • Possible Solutions
• What I did
  • First fix did not work
  • Spares, spares and more spares (but not the right fitting)
• What I now think I should have done

Overall Summary of My Second Atlantic Passage

Considerably harder than I had expected

I’m still organizing the data, but the big take-away, is that the fuel consumption for the last two years has been about 1.5 gal/ hr. or a little above 4nm/gal

Average cost has run between $75 to $133 per day when I’m on the boat.  Even during the most recent passage, cost was $104 per day, with fuel being $80 a day.

 

Krogen Cruisers Rendezvous

My Contact Information:

 

Richard Bost

Dauntless KK42-148

1.212.289.7274

Wxman22@gmail.com

DauntlessNY@gmail.com

 

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