Cruising speeds for various models...

[Broadway]

As promised by some of you, docking my 2016 25SC has been no problem this summer. I recently traveled on the Long Island Sound about 10 miles with winds of 10-15 knots. Some fairly significant chop, but I maintained cruising speed of 12-15 knots. Was I just lucky? Or was I pushing the boat too hard? What should be considered optimum speed? Docking with wind was not easy, but thrusters performed very well.

 

[jcarrdive]

Optimal speed is whatever you choose. We have an R31, and formerly an R27. Both were/are very happy cruising at 15 knots. But, I prefer to go slow, around 6 knots, mostly because I prefer the fuel economy at those speeds. We ran our R31 after the break in period fully 6 hours at 15 knots, from Tacoma to Victoria BC. I don't want to pay that fuel bill again, but it was a great 3 day weekend in BC. For longer trips we just go slow so we don't need to fuel up all that often. Just preference.