[Rhodes22-list] Bill's Gas Consumption

[Roger Pihlaja]

Bill,

So do you keep your boat somewhere up the East River & have to time the
tides in order to get back upstream?  Why did you make mention of having to
do your fuel consumption test on the East River if there are so many other
places nearby?  Why can't you test fuel consumption in New York Harbor or on
Long Island Sound or off the Jersey shore?  If you don't know your engine's
fuel consumption; then, how do you plan a cruise?  Or, do you only day sail?

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilbrium

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bill's Gas Consumption


> Roger,
>
> Nobody sails in the East River who's got a lick of sense.
>
> It does reach 6 knots, depending on the tides, and it reverses every 6
hours.
>
> The major NYC prison is on an island in the middle of it.  The last time I
checked, no one had ever escaped from the prison by swimming and lived.
>
> It's not really a river, it's a tidal estuary.
>
> I have stood on the Brooklyn Bridge, which goes over it, for hours and
watched dopes in large sailboats fight the current, going virtually nowhere,
dodging the commercial traffic (which of course is all coming the other
way), with almost no control over their boats, trying to avoid getting
dashed against bridge pilings.  You can't put your boat broadside to the
current if you don't have any weigh on. (way on?) (Waylon?) (Whale on?) (But
I digress.)
>
> You sail in New York Harbor--around the Statue of Liberty, up the Hudson,
over to New Jersey...
>
> Or on the other end you sail into Long Island Sound.  I spend most of my
time sailing in Greenwich on LIS, but we have a place in Brooklyn where I
would like to spend more sailing time, moving the boat back and forth by
water.  I have alluded to this change in sailing plans often, and it is the
only reason I am considering changing engines.  If I start to go back and
forth, just like Phyllis, I will motor most of the way.
>
> Tow your boat here with your boys one summer, and we'll show you the urban
time of your life.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roger Pihlaja
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 11:49 AM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Bill's Gas Consumption
>
>
> Bill,
>
> If you have to contend with these wicked currents in the East River; then,
how do you manage to use so little fuel all season?  If the East River
current is really 6 knots, how do you even go up stream at all?
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> Dynamic Equilbrium
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