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Old 12-27-2016, 04:04 PM   #381
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All, Richard just told me that he is having problems telling who is messaging him. He asked me to tell everyone to include your name in the message.
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Old 12-27-2016, 06:31 PM   #382
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This has been a joy to follow! Interesting posts,especially fuel burn calculations. Looking forward to Richards comments about the crossing.
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Old 12-27-2016, 11:43 PM   #383
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Yes, very interesting following Richard. Makes me realize I have no business trying to make a big crossing. I don't have the weather skills, planning skills, helmsman skills. I'm a decent mechanic and can Macgyver stuff, but that's about it.
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Old 12-28-2016, 12:02 AM   #384
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Richard is almost done, in few hour he will be able to get some well deserve rest in Martinique and enjoy the warm sun and god rhum!
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Old 12-28-2016, 12:24 AM   #385
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Is he headed to Fort de France? I found a webcam. Maybe we'll be able to see him.
Port of Fort-de-France Webcams - Diamond Rock, Martinique Webcam / Camera - Fort-de-France, Martinique

Nope that one won't work. Just saw it in daylight.
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Old 12-28-2016, 12:35 AM   #386
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Yes, very interesting following Richard. Makes me realize I have no business trying to make a big crossing. I don't have the weather skills, planning skills, helmsman skills. I'm a decent mechanic and can Macgyver stuff, but that's about it.
Amen, but we can team up, together we might have one good brain...
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Old 12-28-2016, 12:37 AM   #387
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Is he headed to Fort de France? I found a webcam. Maybe we'll be able to see him.
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Nope that one won't work. Just saw it in daylight.
You might see him in the distance from this one.

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Old 12-28-2016, 12:38 AM   #388
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Is he headed to Fort de France? I found a webcam. Maybe we'll be able to see him.
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Nope that one won't work. Just saw it in daylight.
Nope he is heading for Le Marin, south tip of the island, east from diamond rock in a well protected bay.
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Old 12-28-2016, 12:40 AM   #389
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Nope he is heading for Le Marin, south tip of the island, east from diamond rock in a well protected bay.
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Old 12-28-2016, 12:42 AM   #390
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You might see him in the distance from this one.

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Nope should not. Anse a l'Ane is west coast, Richard should get to Le Marin directly from south east. He should go in front of the Salines, longest beach south of the island,than head north eats in the bay.
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Old 12-28-2016, 12:47 AM   #391
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You may see him go in front of one of these ones but not sure depending on his course

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Old 12-28-2016, 12:49 AM   #392
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Yes, very interesting following Richard. Makes me realize I have no business trying to make a big crossing. I don't have the weather skills, planning skills, helmsman skills. I'm a decent mechanic and can Macgyver stuff, but that's about it.
I think you could manage.
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Old 12-28-2016, 06:05 AM   #393
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I just got word from Richard to thank everyone for their support. He said the last six hours were the roughest of the entire trip. He is in the lea of the island now so all is well. He also said for now on till the next leg the best way to reach him is text or email. It has been a pleasure to witness their crossing. They have to be so anxious to get docked.
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Old 12-28-2016, 06:50 AM   #394
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He just sent me a video of a sailboat crossing in front of him clearing him by maybe 30 feet. He said welcome to France. Busy, crowded but may be fun. He has not had a boat close to him this entire trip so it was a.... were back moment...
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He is almost there, a last effort and he will sleep during the 4 next day
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Old 12-28-2016, 07:07 AM   #396
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thought I saw him entering the harbor, but it was a sailboat. WebCam Martinique Le Marin - Live Video
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Old 12-28-2016, 08:10 AM   #397
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Looks to be in the Harbor now, dang, not many parking spaces in there.
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He told me he was doing circle in front of the fuel dock. Maybe the room was not ready yet and he was told to wait in the lobby
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Old 12-28-2016, 08:44 AM   #399
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I couldn't correlate this sentence, "It's also confirmed be on 2014 crossing,* sight tubes became useful after the 5th day and by the end of the 9th day, I'd used 400 gal! Vice 150" with what he's saying. Obviously he doesn't have floscan as someone thought he did earlier. I wish he had a means of accurately measuring his use. I'd like to hear how many nm he's covered and how many gallons he thinks he's used, but if he's doing 5.72 knots at 0.65 gal/hr then that's 8.8 nmpg and that just doesn't sound logical. If he's gone 9 days at 1.1 gal/hr that would be 5.2 nmpg which is still amazing. But if that were true, then at the end of 9 days he would have used 237 gallons, not 140. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Yes. Both you and PS are right, though there is contradictory information.

When I refill, I'll recheck my curves.
Though it's hard to believe they are significantly incorrect as i check them every time I refill.

The conflicting info is for 8 day vs 5 day
I'm not sure how that can be wrong. Though it could be as simple as increased rolling

However, upon arrival I have110 gal fuel remaining, 1.23 gal/hr for the passage.

Which by the way was just below my planning figure of 1.3g/hr

The speed for the first two weeks was abnormally high. With both Paravanes deployed, As t 1500 rpms, we were doing at least 1 knot faster than normal.
Also, it seemed yo me thst fuel consumption did go up the last two weeks.

I simply don't have an answer for that.

Oh, I didn't want to worry anyone, so I never mentioned the fuel leak for the first week. The stbd tank should have about 30 more gallons of fuel thrn it does.
Another mystery that will be investigated sooner or later. Though I am pretty sure know.
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Welcome back among us Richard and congratulation for this passage, this was a well done adventure.
One question though, what will keep me awake in the middle of the night now that you have landed!
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