I thought I’d interject a quick blog entry with some fuel economy numbers for Sea Spirit. As you may recall, she’s a very slippery Sparkman & Stephens hull design, so we knew she’d get good fuel economy. But we were so busy learning how to run the …
Sea Spirit Fuel Economy Data
I thought I’d interject a quick blog entry with some fuel economy numbers for Sea Spirit. As you may recall, she’s a very slippery Sparkman & Stephens hull design, so we knew she’d get good fuel economy. But we were so busy learning how to run the boat that it took us a couple of months to get around to truly measuring it.
In order to do the measurements, we picked a calm day (of which we had plenty in the Exumas), and made sure that our GPS speed and our speed-thru-the-water numbers were confirming that there was little to no current. We then warmed up the boat to normal operating temperature, and ran her at various RPMs in order to measure the fuel usage.
Missing Stuart
Downloaded an iphone app today and edited a pic of the Riverwalk in Stuart overlooking the St. Lucie River with the Roosevelt Bridge in the background. Came out interesting. These iphone cams are kinda neat.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribb…
Anchor Roller
May 16, 2009We had an anchor roller installed, which should give my back some much needed relief! It was fashioned after Mark’s aboard Brandywine. A small starboard pulpit thru-bolted to the deck and bedded with sealant, a stainless “universal” rolle…
PassageMaker Magazine and Anacortes Trawler Fest 2011
Last spring, Bob Lane interviewed us and reviewed Dirona for PassageMaker magazine.
Bob has an experienced reporter's eye for detail. And as a long-time boater who has
toured and writt…
Get Back On The Boat! NOW!
Today is one of ~those~ live aboard days. A rainy Connecticut day. It means no dog park and no outdoor boat projects. The first order of business was to drop my truck off for an oil change. Bac…
4/22/2011 THE RUN TO BEAUFORT, NC ON GOOD FRIDAY
FRIDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 37 NM DOCKED AT: BEAUFORT DOCKSICW MILE MARKER: 204SUNRISE: 6:29 SUNSET: 7:44HIGH: 71 &…
Sanitation
April 25, 2009Stinky job, but needed to be done. We were noticing more and more head odor in the boat, so we replaced all of the sanitation hose. The hose ain’t cheap. I think we paid $8/foot, for Trident 101/102 premium hose (white) from Defender. …
Access Door
April 23, 2009A nice little addition. Our PFDs are in the aft bench, which is a little difficult to access because you have to pull up the cushions and panel of the bench seat, while working around the table. We wanted an access door in the side. Ma…
Windscreen
April 23, 2009Our flybridge windscreen has had a crack through it ever since we bought the boat. Having mostly completed the higher-priority issues, I finally had a new windscreen fabricated by Total Plastics in Baltimore.I brought them the old windscr…
