What’s it really like on board after more than 4 weeks at sea?
Honestly, this is a luxury way to cross the Atlantic and certainly a quiet one. We have every home comfort, and we won’t run out of food.
5 crew, all with different personalities, we are very lucky to each have our own cabin, and the flybridge is acting like a chill out area with a nice breeze to keep us cool. There hasn’t been a single crossed word between us, but I think we are all experienced enough to support each other when needed.
Daily life on board settles into a routine at a certainly slower pace than many are used to, and the expectation of arriving in 2 days is lifting everyone’s spirits. During the day, we don’t have official watch periods, but there is always someone either at the helm or on one of the bow seats enjoying the same view of the ocean that they saw yesterday and the day before.
At Night, we do 2 hours on and 8 hours off, which we rotate between 2200 and 0800, allowing the ability to at least get some rest when off watch.
As the Captain, you are never really off duty, and whilst everyone gets used to the yacht and watch duties, there are Captain’s standing orders such as minimum CPA,s and TCPA,s where the crew will wake the Captain. Also, the generator deciding to destroy an impeller during the early hours of the morning is always going to get the Captain out of bed.
There are very different views on how a shipyard can promote their yachts, one is to show glossy photographs of a luxury lifestyle on board, another is to show it like it is and promote a live trip of 3400 miles across an ocean being brutally honest on a 34 day trip telling our followers what it’s really like and what goes wrong.
Crossing an ocean requires careful preparation and planning. We wanted to show that our yachts can cross ocean as the most economical way. No other 60-foot motor driven vessel could cross the Atlantic using less fuel than we did. We could have used much less, but the team thought 32 days at sea was enough and we increased the speed by a knot to get us to Antigua 4 days earlier.
We look forward to sharing with you a full breakdown on the trip in terms of energy gain and energy used. You can already see the daily solar gain here,
Thank you for following us on board our Silent 62 100%.
Considering the wind resistance of the Silent 62, do you think a Silent 60 would have required a less important generator job?
Hi Olaf
The Silent 60 was discontinued and replaced by the Silent 62.