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[TSL] L-o-n-g voyage
Kathy <lenerz@att.net> on 03/03/2010

According to the NY Times "Marine Intelligence" column, the Bark 
Stanislaus, on which my ancestors traveled, arrived in NY on 3 Jan 1852 
and took 72 days to cross the ocean from Antwerp. This seemed like a 
long time to me, so I did some checking on the other ships that traveled 
from the continent in that time frame.

Based on info reported in the Marine Intelligence column, the average 
voyage length to NYC for ships that departed from continental ports from 
7 Oct 1851 to 19 Dec 1851 was 51 days. Of the 40 ships that departed in 
that time frame, only 8 exceeded 60 days in voyage length. 6 of those 8 
were from Antwerp, 1 from Rotterdam, and 1 from Havre.

               N     Mean    Median
Havre        12     42.5     41.0
Bremen       10     49.9     50.0
Rotterdam     3     53.0     51.0
Hamburg       5     56.0     54.0
Antwerp       8     64.4     64.5
Total        40     50.8     50.0

I also discovered that 3 ships had embarked from Antwerp on the same 
day: the Bark Stanislaus, which toook 72 days to cross the ocean; the 
Fanny (55 days); and the Bark Koophanelle (65 days).

I have a lot of questions about all this, and hopefully some of the 
knowledgeable people on this list can help answer one or more.

(1.) Did ships departing from the continent pass the British Isles to 
the south or the north?
(2.) Did it take longer to cross the ocean in late fall-early winter 
than during other seasons?
(3.) What sort of weather is typical on the Atlantic in that season?  Is 
it worse than in other seasons?
(4.) Why would ships from Antwerp have taken longer to cross the ocean 
than those from other ports, even ports that were further away, such as 
Bremen and Hamburg?
(5.) How common was it that 3 passenger ships would depart from Antwerp 
on the same day?
(6.) Does departure of 3 ships on the same day suggest that they were 
all waiting for a break in the weather?
(6.) What factors are likely to account for the differing voyage lengths 
for ships that all departed on the same day? (e.g., captain’s skill, 
ship size or design, etc.)

Thanks for any help,
Kathy

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