harveymae summer trip just a few pics

Sorry - I was PAYE which probably explains why I can't afford such expense in retirement. But the 2000 miles a year I do would be £10k in fuel plus the cost of maintenance, moorings etc say another £5k making £15k in total or £25k of gross income. Maybe soon to be £30kpa.

Thats a lot of money year after year. And I cant say I've noticed Mobo drivers looking thin and hungry. :D Or doing without the fags and booze.

I must have gone wrong somewhere
 
I get 3.3 mpg on a single petrol the boat is just under 24 foot.

Most Mobo's dont go any where but sit on there berths. But there are a few us that try and get out every weekend.
 
Funnily enough just been updating the logs and doing the fuel calcs today.

We covered about 130 miles on £237 diesel, about 12 hours running time. I reckon this is an overall average of 5.3 gph. BUT: this includes lots of queuing to get in an out of locks, warm up times and repairs in the marina. Usually run at around 22 knots. I actually run at 3000 revs and the speed depends on conditions etc.

Also at 82.9 p per litre I think thats a running cost of £20 per hour.
I use about £70 to do Portishead to Cardiff and back.

The chariot is 31ft, 5 tons and powered by 2 x 200hp diesels.

Over a single voyage I reckon we run at 8-9 gallons

If fuel was my only cost then mobo-ing is quite affordable. Now if we want to talk about maintenance... :(

Still only bought her this year, 20 years old. And I'm one of those peeps who can't stand things not working so if I find something not right it gets fixed!
 
28ft twin diesels 20kts - 25kts 3000RPM ave 30L per hour

Slow down and 5-10LPH!

Do around 100 - 120 hours PA
 
Two 500 cummins 27/32 kts big big big smile and 120 hours min a year dont think you need me to do the maths but its a lot less than you think wonder who will be the frist to get right!
 
I wish I had a cash only busines to suplement my very average PAYE salary!

Sure, costs a few ££££ to run a mobo but measured in smiles per mile its priceless!
 
Is a 10 knots diosplacement boat a lot more economical? I always imagined that they would be a similar cost when motoring to a yacht of the same weight.

I dont bother to keep fuel records for my sailing boat but at an estimate it does 13mpg under engine and weighs 7 tonnes stripped for racing.
 
I believe it depends on horse power required to make it do the 10 knots - fuel consumption can be calculated from HP. But for boats of equivalent sizes you often have less HP in a displacement boat and are therefore more economical
 
My friend has a 31ft semi dispacement boat and at 7kts he claims to use only 8 L P H

The boat is an RLM (Princess) knocking on a bit (as he is) is used regularly back and forth to Cardiff

Suspect just a little bit of thread drift here
 
Had a nice night and some wine should have come over and said hello its a nice stop over,we going to try and lock on to the avon next then drop the rib off and go for a run up river,just wonder weather the air draft will be the problem with the wires just out of the lock then tie up
 
So that's where you went I heard you and voyager on the radio on Saturday when we were going to lower lode pub and when we stopped at upton we saw you come back and i wondered where you went.
 
Hi,

I helped your colleague to moor next to you.

We did not stop over on Saturday, as we had to get back home, but many thanks for the offer. We had a interesting time on Saturday as the boat moored behind you had lost its engine on the way up to Upton, and we had towed her back about 20 mins before you arrived.

We will be trying to get our boat through the dreaded King John Bridge tomorrow, as she will need to be lifted in a couple of weeks. It will be touch and go.

Those in the know at the Marina reckon that the centre of the arch will give 12 ft air draft at the moment. How does this fit with the rib?
 
So that's where you went I heard you and voyager on the radio on Saturday when we were going to lower lode pub and when we stopped at upton we saw you come back and i wondered where you went.

now you know where we go for a chinese.
Those in the know at the Marina reckon that the centre of the arch will give 12 ft air draft at the moment. How does this fit with the rib

I think the rib will fit under the Bridge fine :-)how much water is there when you turn right out of the lock on to the avon? want to try and moor up there if we can some time. Had a bit of a chat to the people that had broken down do there no whats wrong.
 
I don't know much about the Avon. Ask the lock keeper he will know that stuff. The rib will fit easily.
 
more pics

enjoying the sun two good friends who made the journey from upton to paris
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takeing it easy
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andy jumps ship
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one small and one large ship
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now the winter to look forward and to and plan next year
 
"I think the rib will fit under the Bridge fine :-)how much water is there when you turn right out of the lock on to the avon? want to try and moor up there if we can some time. Had a bit of a chat to the people that had broken down do there no whats wrong."

We took Rafiki through yesterday. Plenty of water when you turn right from the lock. Bob, the lock keeper is very helpful and will give you the latest.

We moored up about 50 metres from the lock, and prepared for the bridge. She went through with 6-8 inches to spare, although the water level is very low this week. She is now awaiting her lift on 26th Oct, so we will have a run up the Avon to Eckington this weekend
 
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