Interesting...curious to know what rpm you're running at to be burning a gallon an hour. I run my 75 hp Yanmar 4JH turbo at about 2200-2400 and seem to get around .75 an hour on the 47 footer. Andy
Andrew Burton 139 Tuckerman Ave Middletown, RI USA 02842 www.burtonsailing.com http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 > On Jul 7, 2019, at 20:20, Josh Muckley via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > > 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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