Oh, I coulda done that, if I really WANTED to

[Don C L]

30 knots for 3 and a half days straight? Oh yeah, with a little tweaking, I bet I could get that too... any REAL sailor could...
https://northsails.com/sailing/en/20...ranspac-record

[Mirage35]

30 knots, 3.5 days? That's an average of 8.5 knots per day - sounds doable.

I double checked the math and everything.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by AnglaisInHull

30 knots, 3.5 days? That's an average of 8.5 knots per day - sounds doable.

I double checked the math and everything.

Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!

[Jim Cate]

Ya know, IirC the RTW speed record is held by a sailing vessel, not a power vessel. And for that matter, again IIRC, even a single handed sailor has gone RTW faster than the fastest power yacht.

Who said sailing was slow?

Jim

[a64pilot]

Really? For some reason I would have thought it would have been a Naval ship

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

Really? For some reason I would have thought it would have been a Naval ship

Not many navies send ships on non-stop RTW passages. I suppose that some nuke subs might have done, but we're not told about these!

Wikipedia lists this: Earthrace; 2008; wave-piercing trimaran, with two 540 horsepower multi-fuelled engines; current world record holder for a motorized vessel (disputed with USS Triton, 1960), in 60 days 23 hours and 49 minutes.
Quite a few sailing vessels have bettered this time...

I couldn't quickly find much about the submarine Triton's claim, but I'd be surprised if they followed the 'rules" about what constitutes a proper circumnavigation, as promulgated by the sailing records folks.

Jim

[Scaramanga F25]

Originally Posted by AnglaisInHull

30 knots, 3.5 days? That's an average of 8.5 knots per day - sounds doable.

I double checked the math and everything.

LOL . Math: 2450 miles divided by 89 hours is an average of about 27.7 knots.

[Seadoc777]

Originally Posted by AnglaisInHull

30 knots, 3.5 days? That's an average of 8.5 knots per day - sounds doable.

I double checked the math and everything.

Check it again? 30 knots for 3.5 days is a 30 knot avg. 3.5 days = 3.5 x 24 or 84 hours. 84 hours at 30 knots is 84 x 30 = 2520 ktm

Question how can a constant 30 knots avg 8.5 knots per day?

[Dave_S]

Is there a set path that is considered rtw or can you just circumnavigate Antarctica ?

[tstano]

Originally Posted by Seadoc777

Check it again? 30 knots for 3.5 days is a 30 knot avg. 3.5 days = 3.5 x 24 or 84 hours. 84 hours at 30 knots is 84 x 30 = 2520 ktm

Question how can a constant 30 knots avg 8.5 knots per day?

Just stay in the passing lane!

All U Get

[Cormorant]

I think AnglaisInHull's math is all fuzzy! They did 30 knots every day for three and a half days. So that's 105 knots total.

Assuming you're not allowed to repeat your knots, they must have tied just about everything from the Albright Special to the Zeppelin Bend.

;-)

[Gdog6]

Originally Posted by Cormorant

I think AnglaisInHull's math is all fuzzy! They did 30 knots every day for three and a half days. So that's 105 knots total.

Assuming you're not allowed to repeat your knots, they must have tied just about everything from the Albright Special to the Zeppelin Bend.

;-)

They wouldn't have had much spare time for sailing then.

[Mirage35]

[StuM]

Guess there are couple of people here who missed the point of AnglaisInHull's joke
Hey Seadoc, What is "ktm" supposed to stand for?

[StuM]

Originally Posted by Cormorant

I think AnglaisInHull's math is all fuzzy! They did 30 knots every day for three and a half days. So that's 105 knots total.

Assuming you're not allowed to repeat your knots, they must have tied just about everything from the Albright Special to the Zeppelin Bend.

;-)

Nope, they'd only be about 3% of the way through The Ashley Book Of Knots .