Bruno's and Cari's Boating Adventure (iboats owners)

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jjacobs007 said:
I love this picture bruno..,,,,,,i too always bring my mtn bike on my adventures,looks funny tied off to my bow of my 19ft fourwinns cuddy.what were your thoughts as you went through this weather?like how you kept your shades handy!!hoping for a break in the weather is always a mandatory!whats the 58 the water temp?what about the other numbers there...i also see a 68 a 32 and 31..i know your busy having a fun time but if u just happen to get bored one night let me know im curious.
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Hi jjacobs007 and thanks for the questions. The 58 is the true north compass reading on my auto pilot. Even when I'm not using it, when it's turned on it shows my heading. The 32 and 31 are 3200 and 3100 rpm of the 2 Yamaha engines. In this case I was running slowly due to rough seas and I caught it with one engine with slightly higher rpm. I keep them equal as much as possible. The other numbers are current speed which was 16 mph, 0.9 mpg, and the 20.0 shows my gallons per hour burn rate. Not very good numbers at that speed. The boat is designed to plane at about 18 or 19 mph so I was plowing versus planing. As the picture shows that I am including with this post, you can see that when I am on place the numbers are much better. You will see that at 4,000 rpm I am going 35 mph with 1.1 mpg and 31.9 gallons per hour. These are VERY good numbers for a 34.5 foot, 12 foot beam cruiser that sleeps 4 and weights 18,000 fully loaded with fuel, water and so on.

Thanks,

Bruno (Captain of the iboats' boat)

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Day 30 - Retiring for the night at the marina...sweet dreams. See you tomorrow.

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enjoy new brunswick its beautiful country up there
 
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Day 38 - From Chandler to Bathurst, New Brunswick, an 80 mile day.
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Great trip so far as I can see, BTW the guy with the blue white and red flags around his yard, probably is not celebrating July first.

That's more of Viva la Frances, or they celebrated St John Baptiste day

You have your issues down south, we got ours as well, LOL

Here's hoping smooth sailing for the rest of your journey.
 
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Thanks for the internet ride and stay SAFE. :)
 
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Nice boating trip. But being how bad the weather has been and will be over the next 5 days did you give any thought to leaving your boat in a marina and come back in a week to resume your trip? Vacations are a lot more fun in the better weather especially when it comes to boating. This has to have been the rainiest June in history and July is shaping out no better rain wise, so far in the NorthEast!

Thanks for your pics and commentary along your route though. I feel like I'm watching the travel channel on TV :)
 
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