Yes, we were racing to warm weather as quickly as we could following the Christmas time cold snap. We slowed down a bit after putting on shorts at Shark River and made it to the Bahamas early in January. Bob Walters checkout my web page at http://members.cox.net/bobandching ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry N. Brown" <lnb@charter.net> To: "Bob Walters" <bobandching@cox.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 10:39 Subject: Re: Re: Fuel: GPH or MPG? > Bob, > > Please do add to your web site. > > We hailed you on the VHF as you passed us in Scipio Creek in Apalachicola. > We were tied up in the Deep Water Marina over Christmas last year. Were you > on your way to the Bahamas? > > Regards. > > Larry > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Walters" <bobandching@cox.net> > To: "Trawlerworld" <trawler-world-list@lists.samurai.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 10:25 AM > Subject: TWL: Re: Fuel: GPH or MPG? > > > > OK, I'll guess. > > > > Cap'n Bob says to his friend at the bar, "My trawler can cruise at over 9 > > knots", which is true but old Bob leaves off the fact that he actually > > cruises at around 6.5 or 7 knots port-to-port since Bob is paying for his > > own fuel. > > > > Then he says, "This baby sips only around one gallon per hour", which is > > also true, but old Bob once again leaves off the fact that when he's > burning > > one gallon per hour he's only making about three and a half knots. > > > > So gph makes for better bar talk. When you get down to MPG then you get > > closer to the WHOLE truth, which sometimes hurts.<g> > > > > Bob Walters > > checkout my web page at > > http://members.cox.net/bobandching > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Chessil@aol.com> > > To: <trawler-world-list@lists.samurai.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 08:21 > > Subject: TWL: Fuel: GPH or MPG? > > > > > > > I'm sure this is an old question, but I am still curious: Why do we > > cruisers > > > use Gallons per Hour instead of Miles per Gallon? 3 GPH at 6 knots = 2 > > MPG. 6 > > > GPH at 12 knots also equals 2 MPG. What's the difference in terms of > fuel > > > consumption? > > > > > > GPH seems cumbersome as one must first figure out how many hours one > will > > > travel, then calculate how much fuel will be used. If one knows distance > > and > > > MPG, the fuel estimate calculation is more direct. > > > > > > Our purpose is to go someplace, seems to me, not just burn fuel. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > John Sawyer > > > Freedom > > > Krogen 39 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-list > >