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Thursday 21 November 2013

Interesting statistics of our time onboard Orion


Number of days at sea - 153
Number of nights at sea - 77
Number of days at anchor - 521
Number of days in a marina - 13
Number of days on the hard - 28
Countries visited - 29
Miles sailed - 12585 nm
Average speed for whole trip - 5.5 knots
Max speed reached - 12.3 knots (surfing down a wave between Suwarrow and American Samoa)
Best 24hr run - 177nm (Colombia to Panama)
Worst 24hr run - 43nm (Panama to Galapagos)
Highest wind speed experienced - 48 knots (off Santa Marta, Colombia)
Largest waves experienced - 3m (between Suwarrow and American Samoa in the ITCZ)
Times crossed the Equator - 1
Fish caught - 85 (includes spear and line fishing)
Number of fish species caught - 15 
Largest fish caught  - 10kg (mahi mahi between Galapagos and Marquesas)
Lobsters caught - 67 (all in Caribbean)
Beach BBQs had - 31
Trips to A&E - 2 (Dylan enjoys collecting scars)
Deepest depth free dived - 100ft (Dylan)
No. of flip flops worn through - 4 pairs
Combined weight lost - 25kg
Marinas visited - 4
Nights spent away from Orion - Sally: 27 (went home to UK for 3 weeks) and Dylan: 6
Clearing in fees paid during the 2 years - US$802
Money spent on boat repairs and maintenance -  US$8126
Times eaten by a shark - 0
Times boarded by pirates - 0
Times capsized - 0
Times we have fallen overboard - 0

(The last four are for my Mum's benefit!)

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