Bayliner Test

[gsturgeon]

Nice to see (at last) a test of a Bayliner Cruiser in MBM this month.

I do however wonder if the remarks about the relative cost of petrol V diesel will hold true after November.

£10k difference is £600 or more pa in lost interest, servicing is more costly and ultimately the engines will need replacing so the £10k will go too.

I run a similar sized 3055 and my fuel cost has never been much more that £2k pa for some 70hrs so the chance of saving maybe half that with diesels would seem slight.

Now we are to get a level playing field perhaps the status of petrols will improve a bit, they certainly sound good pulling four thousand......

Geoff

 

[sjw]

I also run a 3055 and found the test rather negative regarding the petrol situation, we may still be filling our boats with cheap tesco petrol at 1.03 per litre after November compared with 120/130 p per litre for red diesel . We all inspire to a larger diesel boat but with the current situation i will stay with petrol for at least another season.
Lets hope this government will see after November the possible chaos and negative affect this tax will have on the boating industry

 

[Bloater]

Having just read the report in the MBM I had to have a laugh to myself when it appears the magazine were blaming the unexpected rate of fuel consumption for them running out of fuel and having to be towed back. It is surely every skipper's responsibility to ensure that he has enough fuel for the trip - they should not be blaming the boat.

I have a flybridge cruiser and I only have fuel gauges at the inner helm (which I never use). I always check the fuel gauges to see if I have enough to get me to where I want to go before I depart - there's not much point looking at them during the trip - you can't just pull up to the side of the road like in a car.

I don't mean to have a go, it's just that I wish I had a job like that!

 

[[2068]]

There's still a diesel advantage, although I do have to admit that the sound of a V8 engine pulling 4500rpm is one of man's greatest creations.

That 300 is burning something like 80lph at a fast cruise, whereas my S28 will burn something like 40lph under similar conditions. Yes, I know the S28 won't do 41 knots, but that's still a substantial difference.

For someone doing 50-70 hrs per year, it's probably not enough of a difference to justify the extra £10k. If you are doing 100-150hrs per year, hmmm.

What I would really liked to have seen tested would have been a side by side test of the Cummins diesel powered one vs the Petrol powered one.

dv.

 

[Alrob]

was it just the 305 that was featured or was there other models

 

[[2068]]

It was the "new" 300, 31ft 8" overall.

dv.

 

[Alrob]

thanks for info

 

[gsturgeon]

Sorry for the delay, I spent a couple of days on the boat - not the best Easter weather I have known...

I think one of the mistakes we frequently make is to look at the WOT consumption (which on a petrol boat is admittedly somewhat horrendous)) and then multiply it by the annual useage to get another frightening figure.

I don't know about the rest of the team but I find an hour or so at speed all I really want to do, I am then thirty miles away and certainly in the Solent that is plenty. I suspect at least half of my cruising is at displacement speeds, so the eighty hours doesn't cost a fortune.

Last year in fact I only filled up twice, admittedly we didn't go far as the weather was so poor but it would be interesting to find out the actual amount a typical petrol boat really uses in a season.

Geoff