We
know of several people following our blog
who are planning their own trip south in the near future, so I kept
better notes on our trip home this spring to share. We left Dinner Key Marina
at Coconut Grove, Miami, FL on May 8th, and arrived back at our
“home port” of Rock Hall, MD on June 21.
We’d waited several days after our land trip up to Washington, DC for a
good weather window, and when it finally came we headed up the coast with plans
to stop in Ft. Lauderdale or continue to Lake Worth Inlet if the weather
allowed. As it was we picked up the Gulf Stream and even though there was not
enough wind to fill our sails, we passed Lauderdale by lunch and were through
Lake Worth in time to head to North Lake Worth for an anchorage, our only night
on the hook for the trip.
Most
of you know that we are creatures of comfort; we’ve become marina hoppers so
that we can plug in the AC and rest assured that if it blows or storms we’re
safe and sound.
Well,
here’s some details that some of you may be interested in:
Travel
days total: 44
Days
we moved the boat 24
Statute
miles covered (approx) 1245
Speed
(avg.) 7 mph/6.4
knots
Engine
hours 177
Diesel
fuel (Gal) 227
Fuel
Costs $870
Fuel
consumption (gal/hr) 1.3
Marina
fees ($1.50-2.50) $4,000
Was
it a great trip? Yes! But it’s good to be “home” too.
