My American conversion says that 42 liters is roughly 10 gallons. I typically plan for 1 gallon per hour so your suspect 15 hour gage seems to be right on the money.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Sun, Jul 7, 2019, 7:47 PM Shawn Wright via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Tonight I'm planning to sail Callisto from Mill Bay back to Esquimalt, > with an overnight at Sidney Spit, and hoping for better conditions than the > on-the-nose 35+ knots we had a few weeks ago. Forecast is for light > increasing to 10-15 Monday tomorrow afternoon, which will likely still be > on-the-nose, but at least should be a bit more comfortable. Just in case, I > now have a second reef ready to go, and my friend from Japan is along for > the ride, so it should be fun. > > We filled up with fuel this morning, and I was a bit surprised to learn > that we used 42 liters since that trip. I suspect 3 hours of motoring into > the current and wind used more than the normal amount of fuel, as total > hours was only about 15. (although hour meter is also suspect - it seemed > to be stuck for a while...) > -- > Shawn Wright > [email protected] > S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 > https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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