A couple of additions to the cruising mile averages. Do correct me if my assumption of the beginning months are incorrect!
nb Lazy Days 2773 miles since end June 2008 - 77 miles per month
nb Jandai 1298 miles since Mar 2010 - 86 per month
THE LIST SO FAR
nb Northern Pride (2009) - 180 miles per month
nb Gypsy Rover AU - 120 miles per month
nb Gypsy Rover NZ - 100 miles per month
nb Jandai - 86 miles per month
nb Epiphany - 80 miles per month
nb Lazy Days - 77 miles per month
nb No Problem - 67 miles per month
nb Rock'n'Roll - 55 miles per month
We are two Australians who lived the dream and spent 20 months as liveaboards on narrowboat Parisien Star. Life before.... during.... and after.
Showing posts with label continuous cruisers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label continuous cruisers. Show all posts
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Sunday, 26 June 2011
Another update - cruising miles
Carol from nb Rock'n'Roll has put her cruising statistics on her blog too. Thanks Carol, I've added you to my little list below.
nb Northern Pride (2009) - 180 miles per month
nb Gypsy Rover AU - 120 miles per month
nb Gypsy Rover NZ - 100 miles per month
nb Epiphany - 80 miles per month
nb No Problem - 67 miles per month
nb Rock'n'Roll - 55 miles per month
Derek Bird - 150 engine hours per month (not the same thing as cruising miles!)
nb Northern Pride (2009) - 180 miles per month
nb Gypsy Rover AU - 120 miles per month
nb Gypsy Rover NZ - 100 miles per month
nb Epiphany - 80 miles per month
nb No Problem - 67 miles per month
nb Rock'n'Roll - 55 miles per month
Derek Bird - 150 engine hours per month (not the same thing as cruising miles!)
Saturday, 25 June 2011
No Problem stats and other boaters
Ok. ok, so now I'm fascinated by how much or little people cruise. There's such a huge variation! I think perhaps there's a difference in whether the boaters are UK retirees, Aussies/Kiwis, or other types of continuous cruisers. It seems the Aussie/Kiwi contingent travel a lot more. It makes sense though - you've travelled from the other side of the world, more often than not on a limited timeframe (whether it's 6 months like Northern Pride, or a year or two), and you want to see as much as you can in that time. UK retirees would see things from a more leisurely viewpoint. There's more family and friends to catch up with, and a more open ended time frame.
nb Northern Pride (2009) - 180 miles per month
nb Gypsy Rover AU - 120 miles per month
nb Gypsy Rover NZ - 100 miles per month
nb Epiphany - 80 miles per month
nb No Problem - 67 miles per month
nb No Problem in more detail from the summary I made :
Year 1 - 71 miles per month
Year 2 - 69 miles per month
Year 3 - 56 miles per month
Year 4 - 49 miles per month
Year 5 - 66 miles per month
Year 6 - 83 miles per month
Year 7 - 73 miles per month (less one week)
There are many factors that have made a difference to the miles travelled in a year - iced in Winters, being caught up in floods, mechanical break downs, illness or injury, and there were a couple of occasions where Sue appeared to have lost the plot and couldn't remember what they had done!
Hmm... I have a feeling when we finally get there that I'll be keeping all sorts of records and statistics. My younger brother is even more obsessed with this stuff than I am. I'm sure he'll have other ideas of what records we should keep!
nb Northern Pride (2009) - 180 miles per month
nb Gypsy Rover AU - 120 miles per month
nb Gypsy Rover NZ - 100 miles per month
nb Epiphany - 80 miles per month
nb No Problem - 67 miles per month
nb No Problem in more detail from the summary I made :
Year 1 - 71 miles per month
Year 2 - 69 miles per month
Year 3 - 56 miles per month
Year 4 - 49 miles per month
Year 5 - 66 miles per month
Year 6 - 83 miles per month
Year 7 - 73 miles per month (less one week)
There are many factors that have made a difference to the miles travelled in a year - iced in Winters, being caught up in floods, mechanical break downs, illness or injury, and there were a couple of occasions where Sue appeared to have lost the plot and couldn't remember what they had done!
Hmm... I have a feeling when we finally get there that I'll be keeping all sorts of records and statistics. My younger brother is even more obsessed with this stuff than I am. I'm sure he'll have other ideas of what records we should keep!
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Update - cruising miles
A couple more cruising miles statistics.
Epiphany - Cruised 3,480 miles (2,348 locks, 1,930 hours) over 44 months - 80 miles per month cruised.
Derek Bird - 7,500 engine hours over 4 years - 150 engine hours per month (no record of miles cruised) but Derek says they run the engine a few hours a day if they're not cruising.
And... finally.... Sue from nb No Problem better close her eyes....
Over 7 years they've cruised approximately 5,600 miles - an average of 67 miles per month.
I've been home sick for a week with nothing better to do and a couple of hours in front of the tv is all it took! There was a few odd missing stats but near enough. Sue, if you didn't close your eyes when I warned you, and you'd like to have these results by year, let me know and I'll email to you!
Epiphany - Cruised 3,480 miles (2,348 locks, 1,930 hours) over 44 months - 80 miles per month cruised.
Derek Bird - 7,500 engine hours over 4 years - 150 engine hours per month (no record of miles cruised) but Derek says they run the engine a few hours a day if they're not cruising.
And... finally.... Sue from nb No Problem better close her eyes....
Over 7 years they've cruised approximately 5,600 miles - an average of 67 miles per month.
I've been home sick for a week with nothing better to do and a couple of hours in front of the tv is all it took! There was a few odd missing stats but near enough. Sue, if you didn't close your eyes when I warned you, and you'd like to have these results by year, let me know and I'll email to you!
Monday, 20 June 2011
How many miles do cruisers cruise?
We saw a boat for sale this week with engine hours in excess of 9,500, and discovered that fellow Aussie bloggers, The Manly Ferry also found this interesting. I had assumed that they ran the engine a lot while moored up but perhaps they were very continuous cruisers!
It got me thinking about how many miles continuous cruisers do on average.
The boat we saw is 10 years old so it's an average of about 80 engine hours per month. If they were cruising and averaged 2 miles per engine hour, allowing for hanging around at locks etc, would this be a reasonable rate? It would mean something like 160 miles per month. A lot!
I've asked some of the bloggers if they'll tell me how many miles they've travelled.
It got me thinking about how many miles continuous cruisers do on average.
The boat we saw is 10 years old so it's an average of about 80 engine hours per month. If they were cruising and averaged 2 miles per engine hour, allowing for hanging around at locks etc, would this be a reasonable rate? It would mean something like 160 miles per month. A lot!
I've asked some of the bloggers if they'll tell me how many miles they've travelled.
Gypsy Rover NZ did 4,335 miles from November 06 to June 10 (43mths) – 100 miles per month
Northern Pride in 2009 they did 991 miles in 160 days (just over 5 months) - 185 miles per month
I wouldn't think you'd be likely to maintain this level of travel for 10 years!
Gypsy Rover AU have averaged 120 miles per month in the weeks since they've been cruising this year.I wouldn't think you'd be likely to maintain this level of travel for 10 years!
Please continuous cruisers.... will you post an entry on your blogs of your current engine hours, how old the boat is, how many miles you've travelled? It would be interesting!!
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