I'm forwarding this on behalf of Patrick Gerety please respond to him or to TWL **************************************** >your Williard 40 has a range of 4100 miles at 6 > knots and > 6,800 miles at 5 knots! --acording to Voyaging under Power--. > Couldn't > help but throw that in! Someone posted this to me off line. It is an accurate observation about what the performance chart predicts for the Willard 40 in the 3rd edition of VUP. This person is right in asking me to justify this apparently unbelievable range capability of the Willard 40. I will not mince words here.....the performance chart for the Willard 40 in VUP, 3rd edition is.......UTTER NONSENSE! The specifications for the engine don't match anything we use today or when that edition was published. I really don't know where these figures came from since the 3rd edition of VUP was printed before I joined the company. I asked the principles of the company where they came from and they don't know. But somebody from our company supplied that information. Regardless of where the information came from, it is erroneous and it should be ignored! For the record, I personally performed sea trials on a new Willard 40 last month in Long Beach Harbor (mill pond conditions). The boat was powered by a 6 cylinder, 115 HP @ 2400 RPM naturally aspirated Cummins diesel. The total fuel capacity was 600 gallons. The boat was lightly loaded including 5 adults, - I would estimate about 25% load. Based on our tests, on that day, with that load, under those conditions, the Willard 40 has a range of 3300 miles at 5.5 knots (1200 RPM) (NOTE* Cummins does not recommend that their engine be run at 1200 RPM for extended periods of time), 2700 miles at 6.3 knots (1400 RPM) and 2150 miles at 7 knots (1600 RPM). That averages out to about 4 nautical mpg. This is very tight for a trip to Hawaii with a full load and unpredictable weather, therefore we offer larger fuel tanks as an option. We also offer the 4 cylinder John Deere as an option and I think the fuel economy will be somewhat better. We will be performing sea trials with the Deere engine this January. But, do not set off on a major voyage - like a cruise to Hawaii - until you personally have had the opportunity to test your boat and its fuel performance under the conditions that you are likely to encounter. Do not depend on sales brochures or reviews in periodicals We try to give accurate information, but we can not predict how an owner is going to load their boat and how fast they are going to run it and what weather conditions they choose. And never set off on a voyage like this with a schedule in mind (a schedule that would prevent you from throttling way back to extend range if necessary), unless you have a lot of experience and really know what you are doing. Thank you to the person who brought this to my attention. Patrick Gerety Willard Marine www.willardmarine.com mailto: trawlers@willardmarine.com