Back from the North:
2014 SUMMER CRUISE
WESTERLY: 37' Pacific Trawler, 34.4' LOA W/L, single 210hp Cummins,
cruise 7.1 kts at 1650 rpm
LEG 1 SUMMARY: Edmonds to Ketchikan – May 2 to May 18. 17 days (6 days moored, 11 days anchored), 740.9 miles, 108.5 engine hours (6.83 kts).
LEG 2 SUMMARY: Ketchikan to Wrangell (Zimovia), Petersburg, Craig (El Capitan), Ketchikan (Chacon), Wrangell (Zimovia), Ketchikan (Zimovia), Behm Canal, Ketchikan – May 21 to June 16. 27 days (11 days moored, 16 days anchored), 733.8 miles, 111.5 engine hours (6.58 kts).
LEG 3 SUMMARY: Ketchikan to Craig (El Capitan), Kake (Rocky Pass) and Sitka (Peril Strait) – June 23 to July 9. 17 days (4 days moored, 13 days anchored), 518.8 miles, 81.1 engine hours (6.40 kts).
LEG 4 SUMMARY: Sitka to Hoonah (Peril Strait), Wrangell (Chatham Strait and Rocky Pass) and Ketchikan (Eastern Passage) – July 13 to July 28. 16 days (3 days moored, 13 days anchored), 526.8 miles, 82.1 engine hours (6.42 kts).
LEG 5 SUMMARY: Ketchikan to Anacortes – August 1 to August 14. 14 days (2 days moored, 12 days anchored), 740.9 miles, 108.5 engine hours (6.83 kts).
LEG 6 SUMMARY: San Juan Islands and Puget Sound – August 14 to September 29. 46 days (19 days moored, 27 days anchored, 600.0 miles, 94.6 engine hours (6.34 kts).
TOTALS: May 2 to September 29. 150 days (58 days moored, 92 days anchored, 3861.2 miles, 581.2 engine hours (6.64 kts, cruising speed 7.1 kts).
FUEL SUMMARY: Fuel Locations: Port Angeles ($3.72/gal), Ketchikan ($4.02/gal), Sitka ($4.07/gal), Anacortes ($3.88/gal). 2.46 gal/op hour, total 1429.8 gal consumed, average $4.00/gal, , total $5719.20, 2.7 miles/gal, $1.48 per mile, $9.84/op hour.
WEATHER SUMMARY: No Rain Some Rain Mostly Rain
MAY 17 5 8
JUNE 9 10 11
JULY 13 8 10
AUGUST 23 7 1
SEPTEMBER 21 7 1
Cruising delay due to high winds/rough seas: June 22 - Ketchikan
SUMMER HIGHLIGHT: Meeting/seeing Al & SLO BELLE in Ketchikan and Wrangell.