Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Our Great Loop Stats

Plane 2 Sea crossed her wake on April 4, 2016!

A few Stats from our Loop:

Began 4-19-15
End 4-4-16
89 days underway
50 Weeks
Total statute miles traveled = 5,123 miles

Cruised through and explored 18 States, one Providence (Ontario, Canada), and 3 Great Lakes; Lake Ontario, Lake Huron (and the Georgian Bay), and Lake Michigan.

Crossed our wake at 30.3871N 81.4646W at SM 739.7

Nights at anchor = 16 (not including free city walls, Lock walls, and tying to barge).
# of Anchorage Locations = 8

Longest time underway = 20 hrs. 50 min. Doing the overnight Gulf of Mexico crossing of 200.1 Statute Miles.

For every night at a marina we averaged $.90/ft (including taxes and electricity).
We average $2.79/gal. Diesel (including taxes).

Our average speed was 11 mph (Sometimes we went 25 mph, sometimes we went 5 mph).

Our average fuel burn was 1 gallon/statute mile (this includes 5 min. warm up and cool down each time we moved and 350 generator hours of use).

Total Locks = 108
Total Up = 1,179'8"
Total Down = 1,140.8'
Tallest Lock = Whitten Lock = 84'
Shortest Lock = Mayaca Lock = 8 INCHES
(Excluding Lock 53 and Olstead Lock which were zero and under construction).

Most Eastern point = On the Atlantic Ocean, Off the coast of Atlantic City:40.17.06N 73.56.59W
Most Northern point = near Killarney, Ontario:46.06.4927N 83.37.9633W
Most Western point = Flint Creek, Norfolk Southern RR Bridge, south of Meredosia, IL MM 61.2: 39.41.8N 98.38.78W
Most Southern point = Fort Myers Beach, Florida: 26.45706N 81.8553

Well over 30,000 photos taken.


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