How long would it take to sail 300 miles?

Question

Just rowing/sailing by wind on a dingy. Answer accurately!

300 miles, or something close.

one person. on a river, going with the flow of water.

Answer 1

depends on the speed of the flow and the direction of the flow, and the wind speed, and whether you are rowing or sailing....would have thought on a river will take far far longer as you will have to negotiate locks and of course there is a speed limit..........but on the open sea..you might be able to do it in 20 hours if you are lucky and know what you are doing.....but if u r rowing.....forget it

Answer 2

there is a 300 mile catamaran race I know of.  They take two days to do it and they take a break and camp out for the night in the middle.

wind direction, direction of travel, and ability all factor into the amount of time it takes.  You have to understand that (accurately!) makes people want to laugh right?

Answer 3

depends how fast you go

Answer 4

How fast is the current?  How much wind is blowing? How many hours per day will you sail?  How big is the dinghy?  How heavy is the dinghy?   Is the river ever affected by tidal currents?   Are you a good rower?  Competitive rower?  What kind of dinghy?  What kind of oars?  Etc.

For example if the speed of the river current is 2 miles per hour, then you add that to the extra push you get from the wind and rowing.

If you can add some details you may get accurate answers, bu there are many factors to consider.

Answer 5

depends on the wind speed and the speed of the water

Answer 6

What is the rate the river is flowing at?

What direction is the wind blowing?

What is the hull design?

What is the waterline, it determines the hull speed attainable

(square root of the waterline = the hull speed in knots)

A 30 footer has a hull speed around 6knots, smaller boat, less

Let's use 6 knots as an average, since the speed of the river will be added to the boat speed.

Traveling day and night?It will be over 50 hours

Answer 7

yeah

Answer 8

33 hours assuming speed is 9 knots...

Answer 9

Not enough information to form an accurate answer.

Answer 10

Having been sailing a few times, I'd have to say it depends on the day and wind factors which can change.

Answer 11

wind speed? hull design? speed and direction of current?

Answer 12

Three different things...

1.rowing?...slow, maybe 1.5 knots...so...200 hours NO CURRENT

2. Sailing at an average of 6 knots...so...50 hours NO CURRENT

3. Drifting in a 6 or 7 knot current( Niagara River)...use 6.5 knots...so...46.15 hours.

To better answer...we need to know speed of the water in the river....speed of the wind we would be sailing in, etc.

Hope this helps.

dm

Answer 13

It would depend on the wind and hull speed, and the direction you were going