Hi Jay,
Fuel estimate for Sweet when she had the A4 was 4
litres per hour at cruising speed. Speed range
was 3 - 5.5 knots (depended on conditions) with a two blade fixed prop.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 07:29 AM 7/14/2018, you wrote:
Hello colleagues
Filled with gas for the Atomic 4 in Port Whitby
Canada Day and sailed back to Toronto. Wind out
of the West and tight timeline meant we had to
motor against the wind and waves for 2.5 hr.
That would be relatively âhardâ motoring at
4-5 knots. Since then Iâve motored about
another 3/4hr for a total of 3.25 hours, again
at about 4.5 knots. Filled with gas again the
other day to measure gas consumption and got 7.9
litres per hour, or 1.8 gal per hour.
Iâve got a 2-blade folding prop (which, by the
way, make reversing difficult - in the sense that there is no quick stopping).
Does that seem normal?
Online research seems to go from 0.5 to 2-3 gal per hour.
Anyone with an A4 on a C&C34 with a gas consumption comparison out there?
thanks
Jay Hackney
Windblown
Toronto
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