If you go ten-fifteen miles per hour in a boat from california how long woul it take to get to mobile al?

Question

If you are moving 10 mph CONSTANTLY! give me a geustement

Answer 1

what part of caifornia.  And I dont thinkl there are any rivers to connect the two places, so you would have to go by ocean.  through the panama canal.  have fun

Answer 2

10 mph would actually be very fast for a personal sailboat. Most in the size that you would think about as "personal" maybe 26-34' long have hull speeds of between 6-8 knots.

To average 10mph you would need to go alot faster than that for a good portion of the trip.  In a sailboat you have to count on wind conditions and currents. A better average would be 4 to 5 knots.

The trip has to be about 6000 miles.

If you use your estimate of 10 mph constantly day and night then it becomes a simple math problem of 10 mph divided by 6000 miles which gives you 600 hours.. divided by 24 hours in a day  is about 25 days. Realistically, double that and you will have some idea of how long it would really take. Weather would play a big part. You have to assume that some days you will spend in dead air going virtually nowhere. some days will be stormy,some will be perfect.

Answer 3

Depends, which way are you going?

Through the Panama Canal?

Or all the way around South America?

Or sail west around the world?

Or snake around in the Arctic?

Any way you went, it'd be a LOT longer than I'd ever like to be cramped on a boat.

Answer 4

Some of the above answers assume that you'll always be sailing... not really.  Of all the sailors I know (including myself), if you really want to get there, you'll be using the "iron genny" a large portion of the time.  The estimate of about 100 miles a day is realistic for an average sailboat (mid 30s) and you can do some reliable planning from that.  This also gives you some stop over time for sightseeing, provisioning and repairs.  The only real variable is how long it will take to go through the Panama Canal.  I know of people who have waited up to 3 weeks for a time slot and canal pilot to go through, tho that's kind of the worst case scenario.

Answer 5

42 days.

Answer 6

A trip like that, at that speed would easily take two months, since you would be sailing down to panama, 3,200 nautical miles, then back up to Mobile 1800 nautical miles.  This would be assuming perfect conditions at an average speed of 12.5 knots.

At 12.5 knots average speed, you could cover 300 miles each 24 hour period.  However, since the wind is seldom where you want it to be in a sailboat, you have to sail in a direction that takes best advantage of the wind in relation o the direction you want to go.  Sailors measure their speed in a figure called VMG or velocity made good or the actual distance covered toward your intended waypoint over a set period of time.  A sailboat, on the average is doing very well to cover 100 nautical miles in a 24 hour period -- sailing at 45 degrees into the wind on a brutal beat, or sailing in an off direction to maintain direction with following seas to avoid an accidental jibe.

So, at 100 miles a day, which would represent perfect sailing condition (never--ever holds up for longer than a day or so), this trip, of approximately 5000 nautical miles would take 50 days.  Take into account the lag time from when you arrive at Panama until the time you actually get a pilot to take you through the canal.  Can be up to a week or ten days.

Your looking at two months in a perfect scenario, three months with the weather against you.

Answer 7

I hope you realize that you have to go around the southern tip of south america. my guess is that would take several months.