powerskipper
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look grumpy when they have there engines on?
Why do sailors alway
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Of course ....
Where ere you be - the wind is free ....... diesel AINT !!
Where ere you be - the wind is free ....... diesel AINT !!
jhr
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Because they know they are no longer automatically stand-on vessel when they see a mobo approaching?
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powerskipper
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Re: Of course ....
and how many mile to the gallon do you get,
note mile to gallon not gallons to mile /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
and how many mile to the gallon do you get,
note mile to gallon not gallons to mile /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Talbot
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Re: Of course ....
abt 10 miles to gallon, at 5.5 knots but really depends on sea state and wind.
abt 10 miles to gallon, at 5.5 knots but really depends on sea state and wind.
Lakesailor
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I get about 3 months to the gallon. Honest. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I get about 3 months to the gallon. Honest. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
trouville
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Re: Of course ....
my 4hp outboard managed just 12seamiles to on gallon on a very hot windless day ,and if there would be more sun and less grey or rainy days i would gladly use my outboard more often,keep the cobwebs at bay.
i would have thought a 4hp pushing a 2.5ton sailboat ought to do better than that?
my 4hp outboard managed just 12seamiles to on gallon on a very hot windless day ,and if there would be more sun and less grey or rainy days i would gladly use my outboard more often,keep the cobwebs at bay.
i would have thought a 4hp pushing a 2.5ton sailboat ought to do better than that?
KRG
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Ah, so that's the name for that noisy, smelly lump that lives under my cockpit.
fireball
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Cos we can't hear ourselves think ....
searover
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very expencive boating nowadays it cost me £9.50 to fill my tank i use boat every weekend, and cant beleive ive used all that deisl already, never mind ill probably have to fill it up next season as well.
ccscott49
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Because it's a noisy smelly 'orrible thing and I we dont like them! Unless of course it's in a zooooom zoom type motor boat and I'm having a great deal of fun!!! Like on Tommy the other day!!
cameronke
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I motored all the way round the Isle of Bute last year (not a breath of wind) and used about 2 gallons !!!!!!!!!!!!
Most impressed
must be about 20 MPG
Cameron
I motored all the way round the Isle of Bute last year (not a breath of wind) and used about 2 gallons !!!!!!!!!!!!
Most impressed
must be about 20 MPG
Cameron
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40hp Perkins ...... guesstimate ..... about 3 ltrs an hr at 5kts ???
It's actually far more economical than I ever expected for such a lump !!
40hp Perkins ...... guesstimate ..... about 3 ltrs an hr at 5kts ???
It's actually far more economical than I ever expected for such a lump !!
ccscott49
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Gal per hour per engine at 7.5 knots. so I guess thats 3.25 miles per gallon?? innit?
Gal per hour per engine at 7.5 knots. so I guess thats 3.25 miles per gallon?? innit?
trouville
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why do outboards use so much more fule than inboards?
Long ago?i remember my stuart turner 8hp 2stroke chuging along for hours perhaps 20sea miles to agallon
why then does a 4hp OB use almost 5liters to make 8 to 12 miles?
Should i do what others do and open the throttel fully?speed wise max more or less is at quarter setting
Do all outboards use so much or is the reason most have 80 to 100hp becouse they use less petrol?
This morning i saw an old person fishing from a small old plastic boat with only an old 35hp ticking over!
he got a shock as i glided by him,no doubt im ment to start the engin in such light airs and ,oving only less than a mile to a wonderful anchorage,from my safe one by a noisy road,without useing 1 liter i drifted bsck to open ter in the middle of a huge area of flowering lillies normaly the locals bath in another area just 300meters away and its very noisy!and has mooring forskiboats but with rain and for the weekend thunder and rain forcast its perfect and i can get ashore!
I wonder if all the tall trees and houses will keep my mast safe from lightning which in this reagion can arrive in minuets!with ra9n and hail,
why do outboards use so much more fule than inboards?
Long ago?i remember my stuart turner 8hp 2stroke chuging along for hours perhaps 20sea miles to agallon
why then does a 4hp OB use almost 5liters to make 8 to 12 miles?
Should i do what others do and open the throttel fully?speed wise max more or less is at quarter setting
Do all outboards use so much or is the reason most have 80 to 100hp becouse they use less petrol?
This morning i saw an old person fishing from a small old plastic boat with only an old 35hp ticking over!
he got a shock as i glided by him,no doubt im ment to start the engin in such light airs and ,oving only less than a mile to a wonderful anchorage,from my safe one by a noisy road,without useing 1 liter i drifted bsck to open ter in the middle of a huge area of flowering lillies normaly the locals bath in another area just 300meters away and its very noisy!and has mooring forskiboats but with rain and for the weekend thunder and rain forcast its perfect and i can get ashore!
I wonder if all the tall trees and houses will keep my mast safe from lightning which in this reagion can arrive in minuets!with ra9n and hail,
Bergman
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Re: Of course ....
Never worked out mpg - around 12 - 15 at a guess given sort of flat calm.
Iput some diesel in last year - 6 or 7 pounds worth.
Playing out last Sunday and though about time for a drop more, but sime motor boat got to fuel berth before me so I did'nt bother.
Had a few hours drifting about in v light winds and motored back to marina.
Fuel ran out as I was tying up the stern line
Phew!
Never worked out mpg - around 12 - 15 at a guess given sort of flat calm.
Iput some diesel in last year - 6 or 7 pounds worth.
Playing out last Sunday and though about time for a drop more, but sime motor boat got to fuel berth before me so I did'nt bother.
Had a few hours drifting about in v light winds and motored back to marina.
Fuel ran out as I was tying up the stern line
Phew!
bruce
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and Columbus went across the atlantic on a single galleon....
AuntyRinum
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Because they know that they are dicing with fate, and are getting closer to the next time the engine breaks down.
It could be next year or in five minutes time.
They always break down at the most inconvenient time i.e. when you need them (or you wouldn't have started it up in the first place); approaching a mooring, trying to get into a harbour with the wind on the nose etc.
It could be next year or in five minutes time.
They always break down at the most inconvenient time i.e. when you need them (or you wouldn't have started it up in the first place); approaching a mooring, trying to get into a harbour with the wind on the nose etc.
Lakesailor
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Spot on. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif