George, Are you sure Ben Gray only got 1.39 gallons per mile? Knowing Diesel Ducks, I'd think it was more like 3 miles per gallon. Bob Frenier -----Original Message----- From: passagemaking-under-power-bounces+frenier=hughes.net@lists.samurai.com [mailto:passagemaking-under-power-bounces+frenier=hughes.net@lists.samur ai.com] On Behalf Of Georgs Kolesnikovs Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:27 PM To: Passagemaking Under Power List Subject: [PUP] Unsailboat fuel consumption Steve Dubnoff of Nereid wrote: >The Dashews just published their fuel consumption figures for their >trip to Alaska. At an average speed 11.3 knots, fuel consumption was >1.76 nautical gallons per mile. I think it is clear that for >efficiency anyway, long and skinney is the way to go.... But you don't need to spend nearly $2-million and build such an overly long boat . . . as illustrated by Ben Gray with Idlewild: Nonstop from South Africa to Australia at 1.39 gallons per nautical mile. http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/news/idlewildnonstop.html --Georgs -- Georgs Kolesnikovs Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering, formerly Trawler World, since 1997 _______________________________________________ Passagemaking-Under-Power Mailing List

> Are you sure Ben Gray only got 1.39 gallons per > mile? Knowing Diesel > Ducks, I'd think it was more like 3 miles per > gallon. >From the Idlewild website: "Long range - an average of 5.27 lph (1.39 US gph) over 4500 miles at 6.4 kts with fuel to spare on our longest crossing in the Southern Ocean." Works out to under a quart of diesel per mile. But I must add - ability to do 11+ knots at an economical speed is impressive. Incidentally, Idlewild is for sale for $500K Cdn (~$450K USD) Peter W36 Sedan www.SeaSkills.com