The responses so far have suggested gut feel estimates ranging from 2,500 to 9,000 hours to complete and whatever figure we pick, then expect it to be double that. I think we have been realistic about the level of commitment this would take and we expected to have most of the major work done by the local shipwright.

Estimate 100 gallons remaining upon arrival at Honolulu Estimate arrival Tuesday, November 20, at 12 noon >> These numbers are reviewed and recalculated daily, sometimes more than once a day. Noting the requirement of 2.23 mpg makes it easy to keep an eye on the FloScan fuel measurement readout.

But to criticize brokers because you, the buyer, accepted an unprofessional estimate of what some major renovation would cost. Give us a break! There are just too many people shopping for boats who "hope" to find a great deal and are willing to listen to anyone who will tell them that they've found it.

For less than a total loss, they tendered a cost to repair check to the insured based on an estimate done by their marine surveyor. I found this estimate to be very fair, and it was based on local yard hourly rates. Obviously, if you are capable of doing the repair yourself, there should be some good buys out there.

BTW, the first estimate totalled just under $7,000. A very good day all round. Cheers, Garrett

A notable speed reduction, would estimate maybe 0.3 knots. And when I tow the dinghy, my habit is to run slower, usually 6 - 6.5 knots, to reduce load on the dinghy. I usually tow the dinghy about 40 feet astern (1/2 inch nylon tow line), and pull it tight to the swim platform before anchoring.

I didn't attempt yet to estimate the gain, because I first wanted some feedback on the accuracy of my assumptions and deductions. Let me know what you think. Bye and thanks. PS: I'm writing this PS after a while playing with numbers (and I'm afraid I should call this "Post Mortem" instead "Post Script" :P).

. > > For estimation of time when the signal arrived, I use timestamps, and > this works quite well. Combine that with specifying when samples will be sent, and you've got your deterministic RX/TX delay.

maximum error 995 us, estimated error 1 us, status 0x2107 (PLL,PPSFREQ,PPSTIME,PPSSIGNAL,NANO), time constant 4, precision 0.001 us, tolerance 496 ppm, pps frequency -11.256 ppm, stability 0.027 ppm, jitter 0.933 us, intervals 17651, jitter exceeded 13839, stability exceeded 0, errors 5.

That's a good estimate, but it's clearly wrong when I'm downloading a CD on an otherwise lightly loaded DSL connection. The other type of source is some local non-NTP clock such as a GPS receiver. NTP calls them refclocks (reference clocks).