Jonby is a Burzyn-based nivik, or H�rnic knarr, engaged in Chybisa's maritime trade. Though only 6' 4" longer than Golden Curl, the 36' long Jonby has more than twice the cargo capacity. She specializes in carrying relatively low-value but bulky or heavy cargoes between Aleath and Burzyn.
Length: 36' | Beam: 12' | Draft: 3' 6" | Freeboard: 2' 6" | Gross Burthen: 26 tons |
Just over ten tons of Jonby's burthen is given over to crew accomodations and lockers, leaving space for more than 15 tons of cargo.
Crew Quarters: | 6.5 tons |
Provisions (15 days): | 1.95 tons |
Ship's Boat: | 1.2 ton |
Anchors (2): | 0.52 ton |
Spares: | 0.2 ton |
Total: | 10.37 tons |
Cargo Capacity: | 15.63 tons |
The ship's boat is a small pinda. While it is also used to shuttle crew and supplies, its main use is in positioning the ship's anchors while kedging along the river.
Position | Rating | Daily Wage |
Captain | 10d | |
Pilot | 8d | |
Appr. Pilot | 0 | |
Mate | AB | 4d |
Bosun | AB | 3d |
Deckhand (1) | AB | 2d |
Deckhand (5) | OS | 1d x 5 = 5d |
Deckhand (2) | DB | 0 |
The ship's officers (Captain and Pilot) normally do not receive wages but instead share in the ship's profits. But any share of profits that works out to less than the daily-wage rate will be considered as a loss of income. So, in calculating the ship's operating costs, we will include their daily wage rate in our calculations of costs.
Depreciation | 3.67d |
Registry | 2d |
Repairs | 15d |
Wages | 32d |
Provisions | 6.5d |
Total | 59.17d |
Golotha | Aleath | Ulfshaven | Burzyn* | Cherafir | Thay | Vaagal | |
Pilotage | 40d | 35d | 100d | 12d | 50d | 45d | 20d |
Wharfage | 36d | 36d | 144d | 13.5d | 72d | 36d | 72d |
Cargo handling | 11.25d | 18.75d | 45d | 15d | 22.5d | 18.75 | 15d |
Total | 87.25d | 89.75d | 289d | 40.5d | 144.5d | 99.75d | 107d |
These costs represent the expense of delivering a 15-ton cargo to the specified port -- i.e. the ship proceeds directly to the wharf upon arrival and unloads its full cargo onto the docks. The same figures apply to the case of a ship already at the docks taking on a full cargo and then departing. In the case of a ship arriving, unloading its cargo, taking on new cargo, and then departing, double the amounts shown for pilotage and cargo handling. The indicated costs reflect the discounts applicable to the ship in its port of registry. They do not include the costs incurred by delay in arranging repairs or finding buyers and new cargo (which will reflect in anchorage costs and additional pilotage fees).
Use the information above and an estimate of the passage time between ports (click here: ) to estimate the costs of the passage. Please note that these figures do not include time spent in port waiting for repairs, or the time involved in arranging the sale or acquisition of cargo.
A mercantyler dealing in Chybisan metal charters Jonby on a "haul freight" arrangement. The ship takes on 15 tons of copper, lead, and zinc at Burzyn and sets sail for Aleath. She arrives there 22 days later and delivers her cargo to the docks where the metal ingots are placed into bond under the name of the mercantyler's Aleath-based partners. The actual cost of transportation totals 1,432 pence ( (59.17d/day x 22days) + 40.5d + 89.75d = 1431.99d). With an assumed profit margin of 30% to the ship's owners, the ship's captain will charge 2,046 pence for the passage. (1431.99d / 0.7 = 2045.7d; note the actual price charged will have been negotiated in advance, based on the captain's estimation of the costs involved.)
The prorated cost to the mercantyler of carrying one ton of cargo from Burzyn to Aleath aboard Jonby is about 137 pence.
The straight-line distance between Burzyn and Aleath is 167.5 leagues (33.5 hexes); the cost per hex for one ton of cargo is about 4.09d.
As the ship sails, the distance between Burzyn and Aleath is 240 leagues (48 hexes); the cost per hex for one ton of cargo is 2.85d.
If the cargo had gone by land, it would have traveled 285 leagues (57 hexes); in this case, the equivalent cost per hex for one ton of cargo (for comparison with land-transportation rates only) is 2.40d.
While Jonby is still at Aleath's docks, the mercantyler's partners transfer a waiting cargo of ten tons of Coroni brassware, textiles, and salt, and five tons Kanday's renowned linen to the ship and she immediately sails for her home port. She arrives there nine days later and delivers her cargo to the docks. The actual cost of transportation totals 627 pence ( (59.17d/day x 9days) + 53.75d + 40.5d = 626.78d; note that since Jonby already paid for wharfage at Aleath, it is not included again here). With an assumed profit margin of 30% to the ship's owners, the ship's captain will charge 896 pence for the passage. (626.78d / 0.7 = 895.4d; note the actual price charged will have been negotiated in advance, based on the captain's estimation of the costs involved.)
The prorated cost to the mercantyler of carrying one ton of cargo from Aleath to Burzyn aboard Jonby is about 60 pence.
The straight-line distance between Aleath and Burzyn is 167.5 leagues (33.5 hexes); the cost per hex for one ton of cargo is about 1.79d.
As the ship sails, the distance between Aleath and Burzyn is 240 leagues (48 hexes); the cost per hex for one ton of cargo is about 1.25d.
If the cargo had gone by land, it would have traveled 285 leagues (57 hexes); in this case, the equivalent cost per hex for one ton of cargo (for comparison with land-transportation rates only) is 1.05d.