Range and Endurance Question

[Badger]

With a Yanmar 2GM and a 60 Litre tank of diesel, what's my range(miles) and endurance(hours).Thanks in Advance (Boat is 9500lb weight).

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[johnsomerhausen]

You foprgot to give the LWL of the boat and the HP of the engine
john

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[oilyrag]

go to : http://yanmarhelp.com/Operate/fuel_cons.htm to see a worked example of calculation then go to 2GM page and work it out from there

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[Badger]

Thanks, that is a really useful web site. Worked it all out no problem.

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[aod]

I also have the same engine....useful Yanmar website although I calculated that when cruising I use 1.5 litres per hour. At first I thought this was b****x but when I thought about how many hours I expect from a tank it seems about right.

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