marinehazard wrote:hey, its great you're interested!
I am definitely keen on the sail boat. How long do you think it would take to go upwind such a big distance? I would be up for it, my sailing experience is rather small though. There is the possibility of a very experienced sailor coming along, i will check that today.
I know there is the slight possibility of tropical storms, but from my experience the chances of typhoons in February are very slim though.
I wouldn't envisage that without a professional skipper in charge, preferably a rider.
Here is the optimised route for Phuket to North Phillipines created by Visual Passage Planner, for conditions in February and the performance curves of the cat.
Passage Filename: phk2phil.PP2
Passage Creation Date: 02/01/2010
Pilot Chart Data Used: February
Vessel Profile Used: ttt.vp
Minimum Speed Set: 4.00 Knots
Fuel Consumption Set: 8.00 Units/Hour
Currents: ON Current Values Used: Average All Wind Values Used: Average All
Waypoints:
Waypoint # Latitude Longitude
1 N8° 4.98' E98° 10.94'
2 N2° 25.38' E101° 15.51'
3 N0° 30.76' E104° 36.86'
4 N2° 21.40' E107° 22.35'
5 N3° 52.86' E110° 24.71'
6 N5° 53.92' E113° 54.83'
7 N9° 31.06' E115° 40.65'
8 N12° 17.62' E117° 7.72'
9 N18° 48.54' E120° 24.89'
10 N18° 56.34' E120° 43.11'
11 N19° 1.93' E121° 1.88'
12 N19° 2.76' E121° 17.07'
13 N19° 6.47' E121° 32.78'
14 N19° 4.24' E121° 53.97'
15 N18° 35.30' E122° 16.75'
General Information Data
Calculated Great Circle Distance: 2248.7 NM
Calculated Rhumbline Distance: 2248.7 NM
Actual Distance Traveled due to Beating: 2428.7 NM
Elapsed Time to Complete Passage: 16.9 Days
Fuel Consumption: 388.2 Units
Average Boat Speed: 6.0 Knots
Boat Speed Made Good: 5.5 Knots
Apparent Wind Angle Information:
Numbers indicate percent of leg sailed at that column's relative wind angle. Relative wind angle given is the direction from which the wind comes.
Leg # Beating (Apparent wind 0° to 45°) Tight Reaching (Apparent wind 45° to 112.5°) Broad Reaching (Apparent wind 112.6° to 157.5°) Running (Apparent wind 157.6 to 180)
1 0% at 0 Knots 49% at 8.3 Knots 6% at 6.3 Knots 45% at 6.1 Knots
2 0% at 0 Knots 62% at 7.0 Knots 38% at 8.2 Knots 0% at 0 Knots
3 59% at 9.9 Knots 41% at 9.7 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots
4 100% at 11.3 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots
5 100% at 12.0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots
6 100% at 11.0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots
7 100% at 14.3 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots
8 100% at 14.2 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots
9 100% at 20.5 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots
10 100% at 20.2 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots
11 100% at 19.4 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots
12 100% at 19.4 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots
13 0% at 0 Knots 100% at 19.4 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots
14 0% at 0 Knots 100% at 12.9 Knots 0% at 0 Knots 0% at 0 Knots
See other leg by leg reports for more detailed information