Storm 10 for the first time this winter and it is only October 5th. Doesn't bode well.....
This kind of sealed the fact that the UK cruising season is over in our minds. We did have a run across Cardiff Bay last week to give the big and baby Luggers a warm up but that hardly counts. So, it is time to report on the numbers for those data rational folks who seem to enjoy such things.
OK, since leaving Penarth at the start of April, we have covered around 2,000 nautical miles. For the landlubbers that is around 2,300 land miles and for the continental readers, 3,700 Km. Not a huge number as we spent plenty of time enjoying the places we visited - part of our mantra. This is not all about clocking up sea miles and ticking off ports visited!
The main engine was busy for just under 350 hours. The genset had 190 hours of use too (a good sign, lots of time away from marina berths!) Andrew (the non Welsh speaking Welshman) helmed for about 25% of this total time but is now engaged in buying his own Nordhavn so we might have less help and a lower Lemon Curd consumption next season.
Breakdowns?
Well, the engines and genset didn't let us down. A couple of leaks that needed fittings to be tightened but nothing else and certainly nothing that stopped them running happily.
The navigation PC played lots of funny games until the captain figured out a new sequence of starting up all the networked equipment. Since then it has behaved - not worth a gold star yet but getting very close. Don't like tempting fate.
Nothing else significant went wrong apart from one satellite box that feeds the master cabin TV. That packed up and meant no TV or satellite radio in the cabin until a replacement was fitted last week. Hardly a problem though.
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