Arrival in St Barths
After over 16 days at sea, we arrived in Gustavia, St Barths
on Friday, November 19th at about 1pm local time. The trip was
a huge success, as we never ran the engines except while leaving the dock in
Gibraltar and anchoring in St Barths. Our only fuel consumption was due
to the generators. The weather was also luxuriously calm, as we never saw
any sustained wind speeds above 24 knots and the seas were consistently flat.
Ironically, our passage through the Mediterranean from Genoa to Gibraltar was
much rougher than any part of the Atlantic crossing!
The first sight of land is always special after spending so
long looking at a blank horizon, so the crew (as well as Deutz, Dyna, and Otto)
admired the view as we approached the beautiful Caribbean islands. The
lush, green vegetation set over the perfect blue water was truly a great
welcome.
Once the anchor was down and tender launched, we had a quick
champagne toast to a good passage and wasted no time before jumping into the
warm water for a celebratory swim. We even broke out the Falcon’s
notorious giant rope swing for the occasion.
Our trip statistics are listed here:
Total Trip Distance: 3,980
nm
Total Miles Traveled: 4,415
nm
Total Hours of Travel: 389
hours / 16.2 days
Average Speed: 11.4
kts
Average Speed Made Good: 10.2
kts
Fastest Day: 13.5
kt average, 325 nm traveled on November 7
Maximum consistent wind speed: 24
kts
Maximum boat speed: 18.3
kts (on Alpha watch; Chris, Larim and Justin)
Maximum wave height: 2
meters
Total engine hours: ~20
minutes
Number of fish caught: 1
very nice Mahi Mahi
Amount of diesel consumed: 10,200
liters (generator usage)
Thank you for following our blog for the last few weeks
during our journey, and please come back soon to read about our adventures
during the Caribbean winter season.
Jeremy Smith
Deckhand
