[C38] Are diesel engines significantly more fuel efficient than gas?

[Ann Boochever]

I think it depends a lot on the prop. Ours is 3-blade. We cruise at about
2100 ‹ 6.3 knots in flat water -- and burn about two-thirds of a gallon.
Scott
Tacita II


On 6/8/11 2:02 PM, "Marci Brown" <mb at seafor.us> wrote:

> While our fuel tank sending unit is currently nonfunctional, I can vouch for
> this based on Dick¹s stats and Check¹s In The Mail¹s recent travails when
> motoring.
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> 
> Marci J. Brown
> PO Box 520549, Winthrop, MA 02152 USA
> Ph: 757-502-7422 | Email: mb at seafor.us <mailto:mb at seafor.us>
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> 
> From: Dick Kilroy [mailto:dickkilroy at comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 5:43 PM
> To: Catalina 38 Listserve
> Subject: Re: [C38] Catalina 38 Universal fuel Consumption
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> 
> Jeffrey: About .33 per hour @ 1800RPM and 5.5 kts in flat water.
> 
>  
> 
> Dick
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>> ----- Original Message -----
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>> From: Jeffry Matzdorff <mailto:earthakat at msn.com>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 10:27 AM
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>> Subject: [C38] Catalina 38 Universal fuel Consumption
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>> Aloha,
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>> I was hoping someone could give me an idea of the fuel consumption at various
>> RPMS for the Universal 24 hp engine.
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>> Also, associated speeds at the various RPMs in flat water.
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>> Cheers,
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>> Jeffry Matzdorff
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