Curtis:

If it is your intent merely to gain experience offshore, do not rigidly plan 
your course this far out in time. Even if you are planning to motor the entire 
way, I suggest you consider a course which allows you an easy sail, that is a 
run  or a reach with the predicted wind for your return to shore. If you have 
an engine problem, you lessen the potential of having to tack in.

Without local knowledge, it is difficult to give advice on tidal flow. Seek 
local knowledge. Also, as you head offshore, pass close aboard navigational 
marks, and particularly the sea buoy, and observe what way the current is 
flowing. This will help give you a sense of flow direction and speed to compare 
with your predictions.

Ed L.
Briar Patch
C&C 34
New Orleans, La.




From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Curtis
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 3:12 PM
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Near-shore tide what to expect. "Need some Guidance"

I will have a capable sailor with me But i will insist right up till point of 
peril to do it singled handed including the leg work and learning as with all 
these questions.

my wind is most always out of the south so I will steam out with the out going 
tide under flat conditions I get 6 knots at 2500 rpm's with a clean bottom.
I would hope to have the afternoon winds at my back. the southerly breezes are 
most always out of the south. if that's the case I will be on the way back in 
at the last of the turnaround of the tide. So my outgoing tide will just 
starting to go back out. That may allow me to put my boat right-into her birth. 
I nose into my birth and the outgoing tide is on my nose giving me steering.

Thanks
Curtis

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:52 PM, dwight veinot 
<dwight...@gmail.com<mailto:dwight...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Curtis
Count on taking more time...averaging about 6 in a C&C 30 may be wishful...are 
you steaming all the way or sailing...Hope your motor is reliable and 
strong...if you get your first big trip figured out that good before hand I 
would say you have a career ahead in sailing...will this be alone or with crew


Dwight Veinot
Alianna
C&C 35 MKII
Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Curtis 
<cpt.b...@gmail.com<mailto:cpt.b...@gmail.com>> wrote:
So I'm as some of you know in the process of moving to the next step in my 
training. I'm in the planing stages of my first over-night near shore passage. 
I will leave early am: 4:00 with a full moon to help and head out to the "R 4" 
F1 R4s @ 32-05,901"N  080-35,099W this is the channel into Port Royal sound 
Beaufort SC.
I intend to sail out with the tide its a 19 mile ride I figure 5.5 knots of 
speed? That will put me there at Day break or just after 3.45 hrs.
Then run straight east for 5nm to 32-029'899N  080-29'988 W That will take a 
nother 90 min,
Here, I will turn south to 32-03,997W 080-29'167W 1.92 miles = 34min
Here i will turn back west to 32-03'984W 080-34'965w this 4.92 leg take .89 min
Then I will turn North to will bring me the 4.92 nm back to to the "R 4" F1 R4s 
@ 32-05,901"N  080-35,099W the bell marker at the mouth of the channel. Then my 
hope will be to take the the Tide back in.
So here is the question." If I do this near shore how much will the tide effect 
my timing in the course: I plugged in the 5.5 based off motor speed.
All together time from the dock and back to the dock. 10.956 hours to cover 
60.26nm
How much time will the tide cost me off shore? I know a bought the tide in and 
out of the river. Just need help with the offshore expectation?
Thanks again. let me know if you need more information.
LT






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