29 October 2016 | Georgia, USA
29 October 2016 | Georgia, USA
08 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
07 October 2016 | Hotel on West Side of Hwy I-95, Brunswick, GA, USA
07 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
06 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
05 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
04 October 2016 | Photo off Outer Banks near Cape Lookout, North Carolina.
27 September 2016 | Piankatank River, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA
22 September 2016 | Current Position - Sassafras River, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA
16 September 2016 | Orient, Long Island, New York, USA
11 September 2016 | Ebenecook Harbor near Boothbay Harbor, Maine, USA
07 September 2016 | Penobscot Bay, Maine, USA
05 September 2016 | Penobscot Bay, Maine, USA
04 September 2016 | North Haven, Vinalhaven, Maine, USA
28 August 2016 | Castine, Maine, USA
27 August 2016 | Belfast, Maine, USA
12 August 2016 | Mount Washington, New Hampshire, USA
06 August 2016 | Canada/USA Border Crossing
04 August 2016 | La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
Wide Open Throttle
19 December 2013 | Approaching Grand Bahama, Bahamas
Vicki
At the end of each long passage we bring both C-18 engines up to full operating temperature. Here we are doing 16 knots at 2,000 rpm for 15 minutes. We do this to ensure that we minimise carbon build up in the turbos as we generally cruise around at a leisurely 8 or 9 knots at 1100 rpm. This low rpm can lead to carbon build-up. We mix a product called Enerburn into our fuel at the rate of 1 gallon of Enerburn per 2,500 gallons of diesel which is supposed to minimise carbon build-up no matter what rpm we run the engines at. We are about to do the 1,000 hour service just after Christmas and in that service, the turbos will be inspected and we'll report back and let you know their condition. Given that Enerburn is a very expensive product, it will be very interesting to see how well it has worked and whether we should continue to use it.
If you look under Favorites to the right of this page in the Side Bar, you will see the latest video of Vanish at near wide open throttle coming into Freeport, Grand Bahama at the end of our passage from Jamaica. (Make sure you turn up the sound on your device.) It looks like we need a few more toys on board, a surfboard, a body board, a tractor tube and maybe and a tow rope and some skis. The video shows the power and speed of Vanish at just over 16 knots turning her two 40 inch props.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00VqJ2sAJXA&feature=youtu.be