Just had a nice little 560 mile journey, Sailfish 282

[sailUSVI]

Left Rehoboth Bay Delaware on Saturday morning and pulled into Portland, Maine harbor at dusk Sunday evening. What a great boat bought from a great guy.

 

[sailUSVI]

Portland Headlight coming into the harbor last night after a long day.

 

[glacierbaze]

Congratulations! That's quite a shakedown cruise.

 

[Legend]

Congrats - Sailfish is a great boat. Did you go though Cape Cod or did you just cruise off shore. Saturday was pretty windy around Massachusetts

 

[sailUSVI]

Congrats - Sailfish is a great boat. Did you go though Cape Cod or did you just cruise off shore. Saturday was pretty windy around Massachusetts

Thanks, We went thru the canal after fueling at Kingman Marina and yes it was a bit lumpy before entering the canal. The long sound wasn’t too bad.

 

[sailUSVI]

Congratulations! That's quite a shakedown cruise.

One heck of a 2 day trip that’s for sure! ….and the boat was flawless, is was thir$ty as expected but well worth it.

 

[PointedRose]

Congrats, I love that trip through the canal (I grew up boating in wareham, ma)

 

[Toothpick 10]

I'd love to hear more details. That's a hell of a trip. What kind of speeds were you maintaining? How many fuel stops were needed? Did you spend the night on the boat? How was your fuel economy, etc?

You must have passed by me on Sunday afternoon when I was off of Gloucester, MA.

 

[sailUSVI]

It was a ride, still feeling the excitement …

It was a new boat purchase….we (my captain buddy) and I left Rehoboth Bay in Delaware about 8:30am Saturday morning with almost full tanks in the Grady. We had driven down the day before from South Portland to get this “new Boat” and taker er on a 560 +/- trip to Maine.

Pretty much ran the boat (original low hour engines) at 3800 to 4100 RPM’s doing about 28-31 mph burning between 16 and occasionally 19 gph

The frst stop was along the Jersey coast at Manasquan Inlet for fuel, seemed to be plenty of places to pull into. We put in 127 gallons at almost 500 bucks. It was a busy place on Saturday with lots of boat action. From there we cruised on up to New York (Wow) and on into Long Island sound to New Haven CT. Being Sat night we were happy to find anything that had a hotel nearby. Parked the boat at a Marina (100 bucks) and Ubered 15 minutes to town, got a nice Hotel.

Sunday morning, we are ready to hit it…South Portland here we go. The boat has been flawless to this point so we confidently take off around 8:00am for the Cape Cod Canal and our last fuel stop at Kingman Marina. We took on 136 gallons at 540 bucks and now we are off thru the canal and on a straight course for Cape Elizabeth. Both stops were fuel and go, no drinks or food….pulled in to our slip, South Portland, at dusk. What a 2 day ride, and a ride it was in a very capable boat. Auto pilot was a Big plus! Hopefully I covered it OK, not much of a writer.

I am one happy first time Grady owner.

 

[sailUSVI]

 

[Capt Bill]

Congratulations, and Well Done, Rob.
I will always miss her, but know you will take care of her and enjoy her to the max.

 

[ItalianAngler]

It was a ride, still feeling the excitement …

It was a new boat purchase….we (my captain buddy) and I left Rehoboth Bay in Delaware about 8:30am Saturday morning with almost full tanks in the Grady. We had driven down the day before from South Portland to get this “new Boat” and taker er on a 560 +/- trip to Maine.

Pretty much ran the boat (original low hour engines) at 3800 to 4100 RPM’s doing about 28-31 mph burning between 16 and occasionally 19 gph

The frst stop was along the Jersey coast at Manasquan Inlet for fuel, seemed to be plenty of places to pull into. We put in 127 gallons at almost 500 bucks. It was a busy place on Saturday with lots of boat action. From there we cruised on up to New York (Wow) and on into Long Island sound to New Haven CT. Being Sat night we were happy to find anything that had a hotel nearby. Parked the boat at a Marina (100 bucks) and Ubered 15 minutes to town, got a nice Hotel.

Sunday morning, we are ready to hit it…South Portland here we go. The boat has been flawless to this point so we confidently take off around 8:00am for the Cape Cod Canal and our last fuel stop at Kingman Marina. We took on 136 gallons at 540 bucks and now we are off thru the canal and on a straight course for Cape Elizabeth. Both stops were fuel and go, no drinks or food….pulled in to our slip, South Portland, at dusk. What a 2 day ride, and a ride it was in a very capable boat. Auto pilot was a Big plus! Hopefully I covered it OK, not much of a writer.

I am one happy first time Grady owner.

Same exact boat. I'd have had a hard time not stopping to fish!

 

[sailUSVI]

Same exact boat. I'd have had a hard time not stopping to fish!

It would have been nice but we were on a mission, my buddy needed to be home Sunday night.

 

[Toothpick 10]

It was a ride, still feeling the excitement …

It was a new boat purchase….we (my captain buddy) and I left Rehoboth Bay in Delaware about 8:30am Saturday morning with almost full tanks in the Grady. We had driven down the day before from South Portland to get this “new Boat” and taker er on a 560 +/- trip to Maine.

Pretty much ran the boat (original low hour engines) at 3800 to 4100 RPM’s doing about 28-31 mph burning between 16 and occasionally 19 gph

The frst stop was along the Jersey coast at Manasquan Inlet for fuel, seemed to be plenty of places to pull into. We put in 127 gallons at almost 500 bucks. It was a busy place on Saturday with lots of boat action. From there we cruised on up to New York (Wow) and on into Long Island sound to New Haven CT. Being Sat night we were happy to find anything that had a hotel nearby. Parked the boat at a Marina (100 bucks) and Ubered 15 minutes to town, got a nice Hotel.

Sunday morning, we are ready to hit it…South Portland here we go. The boat has been flawless to this point so we confidently take off around 8:00am for the Cape Cod Canal and our last fuel stop at Kingman Marina. We took on 136 gallons at 540 bucks and now we are off thru the canal and on a straight course for Cape Elizabeth. Both stops were fuel and go, no drinks or food….pulled in to our slip, South Portland, at dusk. What a 2 day ride, and a ride it was in a very capable boat. Auto pilot was a Big plus! Hopefully I covered it OK, not much of a writer.

I am one happy first time Grady owner.

Thanks for the summary. That sounded exciting. Like I said earlier, you must have cruised right by me near Plum Island.

 

[sailUSVI]

Thanks for the summary. That sounded exciting. Like I said earlier, you must have cruised right by me near Plum Island.

We must of we were probably a bit off shore

….speaking of that we had some of the best water about 25 miles off shore from the canal to Portland, it was just ripples….sweet!

 

[ItalianAngler]

It would have been nice but we were on a mission, my buddy needed to be home Sunday night.

On the fuel burn i have 15.25 X 19p 3 blade stainless props on my 225's and that's about what I see in terms of fuel burn. Best cruise for me is 14.8 GPH at 3700 RPM, get's me 29 MPH. WOT, for as often as that's used, is 45 MPH, 56-700 RPM. Being heavy or light doesn't change it all that much, it's more about the conditions. When it's rough and you need to let her eat, it's best not to look at the gauge. My boat and I have been through some horrific conditions together.

 

[Jamato14]

It was a ride, still feeling the excitement …

It was a new boat purchase….we (my captain buddy) and I left Rehoboth Bay in Delaware about 8:30am Saturday morning with almost full tanks in the Grady. We had driven down the day before from South Portland to get this “new Boat” and taker er on a 560 +/- trip to Maine.

Pretty much ran the boat (original low hour engines) at 3800 to 4100 RPM’s doing about 28-31 mph burning between 16 and occasionally 19 gph

The frst stop was along the Jersey coast at Manasquan Inlet for fuel, seemed to be plenty of places to pull into. We put in 127 gallons at almost 500 bucks. It was a busy place on Saturday with lots of boat action. From there we cruised on up to New York (Wow) and on into Long Island sound to New Haven CT. Being Sat night we were happy to find anything that had a hotel nearby. Parked the boat at a Marina (100 bucks) and Ubered 15 minutes to town, got a nice Hotel.

Sunday morning, we are ready to hit it…South Portland here we go. The boat has been flawless to this point so we confidently take off around 8:00am for the Cape Cod Canal and our last fuel stop at Kingman Marina. We took on 136 gallons at 540 bucks and now we are off thru the canal and on a straight course for Cape Elizabeth. Both stops were fuel and go, no drinks or food….pulled in to our slip, South Portland, at dusk. What a 2 day ride, and a ride it was in a very capable boat. Auto pilot was a Big plus! Hopefully I covered it OK, not much of a writer.

I am one happy first time Grady owner.

Great summary, sounds like an awesome trip! I’m making most of the second leg of your trip Friday. Leaving westerly RI heading to the Piscataqua river in a new to me 272 sailfish. Glad to hear it was a smooth ride, I’m timing the canal at slack tide Friday. Any tips or tricks or issues for entering/transiting the canal? I have charts and it plotted out via navionics so far and have done as much research as I can but since you just did it curious if there’s any information I should be aware of.

 

[sailUSVI]

The canal was a breeze, to be honest I don’t even remember the tide status. In one of these boats I don’t really think it matters. We followed another boat thru and we were doing about 15-20 mph., sometimes more.

….we kept our Defever 41 up at Great Bay Marine, NH ( great place, great people, loved being there) for 5 years and went back and forth twice a year to our slip in South Portland. Now the Piscataqua river, THAT is one heackmof a journey if you catch the tide at the wrong time although in your boat I don’t think I’d be to concerned.

Hope this helps

 

[Jamato14]

The canal was a breeze, to be honest I don’t even remember the tide status. In one of these boats I don’t really think it matters. We followed another boat thru and we were doing about 15-20 mph., sometimes more.

….we kept our Defever 41 up at Great Bay Marine, NH ( great place, great people, loved being there) for 5 years and went back and forth twice a year to our slip in South Portland. Now the Piscataqua river, THAT is one heackmof a journey if you catch the tide at the wrong time although in your boat I don’t think I’d be to concerned.

Hope this helps

Great info, I was concerned about the speed limit in the canal, hopefully I can do the same speeds and get through it on the quicker end.

Im up the river from great bay by about 2 miles but while my moorings getting beefed up I’m keeping it there. It’s a nice spot overall.

Thanks for the info!

 

[PointedRose]

Great info, I was concerned about the speed limit in the canal, hopefully I can do the same speeds and get through it on the quicker end.

Im up the river from great bay by about 2 miles but while my moorings getting beefed up I’m keeping it there. It’s a nice spot overall.

Thanks for the info!

I assume you are talking cape cod canal - there is a speed limit technically.
the Sandwich end of the canal gets choppy entering cape cod bay. A lot of cross traffic ahead of the railroad bridge between Marion/Wareham and Falmouth/pocasset on a weekend (not so much weekdays) and just a lot of churning water but you’ll be fine. It’s a beautiful ride through, enjoy and share some pics!
This is from a few years back