Day 15 – A day in Portland – A special post for our Canadian Friends

Weather south looked poor and so we decided to take a rest day and stay in the marina at DiMillo’s in Portland. Our day has consisted of little – Yolande made a few purchases, I cleaned the stainless steel and checked the engine and other items before disembarking bright and early tomorrow.

Here is the entrance to DiMillo’s – Dustin and Rochelle, they flew the flag specially for you.

Downtown Portland

Back in the marina – can you spot Prairie Gold (Waldo)

Here are some statistics on our trip – we have now travelled 498.8 nm. This might not seem far but if you assume an average speed of 5knots (~6mph) and compare to a driving vacation with an average speed of 60mph this would compute to a driving trip of 5,000 miles. Since Bozeman Montana is 2,399.4 miles from Boston, we have in driving terms done the roundtrip between these two cities. Yesterday I mentioned to Yolande that we are not docking in our home marina until we have 600nm under our belt in this trip (the driving equivalent of the roundtrip between Boston and San Francisco). If you see someone circling in Boston harbor for a couple of hours, it could be us.

There has been a massive yacht in the marina called Harmony. Here is a link to Harmony’s specifics. Of note, she has two diesel engines providing a total of 7,300 HP. Now with a maximum speed of 24knots and a cruising speed of 20 knots, I think Prairie Gold’s 29HP engine compares favorably. We cruise at about 6-7 knots, only 1/3rd of the speed of Harmony, and I bet we use less diesel than she does. Harmonies fuel capacity is 20,002 gallons, Prairie Gold’s is 40 gallons. So it takes us three times as long to get anywhere, but we still have cash in our pocket when we arrive.

As I was returning to Prairie Gold this afternoon I couldn’t but help take this video. I hope you enjoy.