[PUP] Chartwell: From Asia to Africa in 31 days

[Georgs Kolesnikovs]

Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:55:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Larry Briggs <larrychartwell@yahoo.com>


Hi Georgs,

Chartwell is in  Richard's Bay, SA. We had, overall, a good voyage & 
covered the 5000 NM in 31 days including 2 stops for 3 days each in 
Addu, Southern Maidives and Mayotte, Comoros Islands. Experienced a 
wide belt of counter current which took us several days to cross and 
had a bit of a tossing the last 2 days when the Wind blew SW against 
the Mozambique Current ( which flows to the SW). Something similar to 
what you can get crossing the Gulf Stream but there's no place to get 
in, out of it. We averaged 7.7 knots @ 1200 RPM and burned 6 gph with 
one 21 kw generator running 24-7 plus the 12 kw hydraulic cruising 
generator which runs off the Cummins main engine. This is with the 
paravanes streamed most of the time. They are fuel-burners, for sure, 
but cut the roll down considerably. We'll be here for a month or so 
before proceeding on to Cape Town.

Larry Briggs

Georgs Kolesnikovs <georgs@trawlersandtrawlering.com> wrote:

Best wishes for a pleasant passage, Larry!

Send an occasional update by email of you can.

--Georgs