Voyage Facts and Figures

                                                                    Facts and Figures


Start date: 3rd May 2011
End date:  29th August 2011

Days on board:                     110
Days at sea:                            62  =  56%
Days in port:                          48  =  44%
Days in port - weather bound:         15

Nights spent on swinging mooring buoy:  7   At Dundee; Lamlash;
                                                                          Helford River x 2; Salcombe;
                                                                          Gravesend x 2.

Night hours at sea:  30

Total distance:         2010 nautical miles. 
                                 Average speed from berth to berth:  4.5 knots

Hours under way:         450
Hours motor sailing:    185  =   41%
Hours motoring:           150  =   33%
Hours sailing:               115  =   26%

Costs:-  Fuel consumption:   465 litres  =  £510
             Most expensive: Stonehaven - 153.9 pence per litre
             Cheapest: Ardglass - 76 pence per litre.    Average 110 pence per litre

             Butane gas:  £50.98p

             Caledonian Canal one way transit:   £135.88p
             Crinan Canal within two weeks of Caledonian Canal: £67.34p
             Total:  £203.22p

             Marina fees:  £1783.05p
             Most expensive:  St. Katharine's Dock, London - £40.15p per night
             Cheapest:  Padstow, Cornwall - £13.43 per night.
             Average: £20 per night.

             Charts:   £200.75p

Crew:- Days on board

             Alex Tweddle (skipper):            110
             Robin Rostron (RNYC):               6          Blyth to Stonehaven
             Skipper (single handed):                8          Stonehaven to Lossiemouth
             Lizz Richardson (tallships):         11          Lossiemouth to Oban
             Skipper (single handed):                3          Oban
             Craig Whitehouse (RNYC):          7          Oban to Inverkip
             Jack Evans (RNYC):                    13          Inverkip to Holyhead
             Skipper (single handed):                 1          Holyhead
             Bill Edwards (tallships):              18          Holyhead to Helford River
             Rob Hewett (tallships):                  4          Helford River to Dartmouth
             Skipper (single handed):                 8          Dartmouth to Hamble
             Bill Edwards (tallships):              16          Hamble to London
             Jack Evans (RNYC):                    15          London to Blyth