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The Maiden Voyage of the Melrose
Captain Bruce Champion and Owner/Captain Ed Dunn
Up the Coast from Newport Beach, CA to Seattle, WA – 1250 Nautical Miles
We cruised out of Newport Beach, California on third of December 2007, with a crew of 3 that included the Skipper, Ed Dunn, Captain Bruce Champion, Ret., and Whittaker Dunn, grandson of the Skipper. A beautiful day was enough impetus to continue into the evening and night. A storm caught us about 12:30 AM and necessitated a stop in Monterey Bay, south of San Francisco for the remainder of the day and another night. Early on day 3, we left and traveled to Bodega Bay. The following day after an early start with flat calm seas, a whale that was being chased by an Orca and unfortunately hit us, and the boat suffered damage to the rudder, the shaft, and the props so we were forced to drop our speed to 14 knots instead of the 19k or so that we were making. We stopped in Fort Bragg for the night. The Maritimo is built so stout that even with the damage done we were able to continue our open-ocean voyage without stopping for repairs, and time was of the essence because of weather.
It took another 8 days to complete the trip to Seattle, but except for the weather related layovers we had no further difficulties. Our secret to success in ocean travel on the West Coast of North America was watching swell height versus distance in seconds between swells and never attempting waves over swells of more than 5 or 6 feet. It didn’t hurt that the Maritimo is a fabulous open ocean boat: 76.5 hours at sea, 1250 nautical miles, 2,400 gallons of fuel.