Saturday, October 5: A Look at Our Loop Trip Stats Thus Far

Date:                           October 5, 2013

Day on the Cruise:     156 (Holding)

From:                          Home in Alabama
                                       
To:                               Home in Alabama

Statute Miles:              0.0 SM

Time:                           0.0 Hrs

Cumulative Miles:       3,984.3 SM (Holding)

On Board:                   Susan, Chuck, Maggie, Trooper, Peanut


We thought that the following stats on our trip thus far might be of interest:

Miles traveled on the Loop Trip thus far: 3,984

Miles traveled in 2013: 3,547

Total Number of days on boat thus far: 156

Total Number of actual cruising days thus far: 82

Cruising days thus far in 2013: 74

Gallons of fuel used in 2013: 2,387

Engine hours 2013: 435

Avg miles per hour, 2013: 8.2

Avg miles per day traveled, 2013: 47.9

Avg miles per gallon of fuel burned, 2013: 1.49

Avg gallons per hour of fuel burned, 2013: 5.5

Avg gallons per mile of fuel burned, 2013: .67

Avg gallons per cruising day of fuel burned, 2013: 32.3

Avg engine hours per cruising day, 2013: 5 hr 53 minutes

Most miles traveled in a day: 148 miles from Cape May, NJ to New York Harbor

Least miles traveled in a day: 12.8 miles from Oxford, MD to Knapp's Narrows, Tilghmann's  Island, MD

Most Engine Hours in a day: 10 hours

Least Engine hours in a day: 2 hours

Number of days anchored out: 3

Number of days in a marina, on a wall, or tied to a barge: 153

Number of days on the Great Rivers: 16

Number of days on the Great Lakes: 34

Number of days on the Erie Canal: 12-1/2

Number of days on the Hudson River: 25-1/2

Number of days on the Jersey Shore: 1

Number of days on Delaware Bay: 1

Number of days on the C&D Canal: 1

Number of days On the Chesapeake Bay: 16

Number of days on the Atlantic ICW: 46

Number of days on the Gulf ICW: 1

Number of days on the Okechobee Waterway: 2

Number of locks transited on the Loop thus far: 55

Average daily cost breakdown:
Food: is 26% of our average daily cost (We eat out a lot)
Fuel: is 38.3% of our average daily cost
Transient Docking: is 25.3% of our average daily cost
Tips: is 1.6% of our average daily cost (These are docker and fueler tips)
Supplies: is .9% of our average daily cost
Laundry: is .5% of our average daily cost
Pump Outs: is .4% of our average daily cost
Travel Home: is .9% of our average daily cost
Other: is 6.2% of our average daily cost (This includes the cost of a rental car for three weeks while stuck in Kingston, NY)
                                     
Thanks for Reading!