[C38] Fuel Consumption - not half bad

[Marci Brown]

Dick, thank you for that 5424 HP info! In April we paid a boatyard in
Portsmouth, Virginia to steam clean our fuel tank, replace fuel gauge and
sending unit, and fill the tank with diesel (among other things like
replacing racor and other fuel filter). We went from Norfolk to Boston on a
'full' tank because the sending unit still didn't work. We were neurotic
about our fuel consumption the whole trip even though I estimated using 0.5
gallons per hour @ 1800 RPM. I wasn't too far off.
 
Marci J. Brown
PO Box 520549, Winthrop, MA 02152 USA
Ph: 757-502-7422 | Email:  <mailto:mb at seafor.us> mb at seafor.us
 
From: Dick Kilroy [mailto:dickkilroy at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:56 AM
To: Catalina 38 Listserve
Subject: Re: [C38] Fuel Consumption
 
Steve: Because the fuel gauge didn't work on our passage from Bermuda to
Virgin Gorda and we ended up powering for 3 days, we took the sender unit
off the tank filled it to the top with the 5 gallon jugs replaced the
sender, powered for 12 hours removed sender again , measured space to fuel,
and calculated usage. The 5424 used 1/3 gallon per hour @ 1800 RPM. The 30
should not be much more @ that RPM.
 
Dick
 
 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Steve Smolinske <mailto:SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com>  
To: Catalina 38 Listserve <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>  
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 4:39 PM
Subject: [C38] Fuel Consumption
 
As the Puget Sound is relatively small and there are lots of options for
fuel I have never really paid close attention to fuel consumption, I was
wondering if anyone has and what is the fuel burn rate for our boats with
the M30?   Thanks.
 
Peregrine
#312
 
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