by Nikki Henderson, Yachting World
Again in December, I reminded myself what ‘too shut for consolation’ looks like. After 18 days at sea, my crew and I completed an Atlantic crossing and parked up in Rodney Bay, St Lucia, with round 5 litres of usable diesel left – barely a few hours run time for our 60hp Volvo.
You would have a look at that and think about it an instance of remarkable seamanship and exact gasoline administration – an ideal plan. Barely a drop within the tanks greater than wanted!
Or you could choose it a reckless ‘near-miss’. Only one surprising variable corresponding to a messy sea state or soiled gasoline, and we’d have been caught, windless and embarrassingly fuel-less, in sight of land. – Full report
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