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Old 04-07-2017, 12:40 AM   #39
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Vessel Model: Kadey-Krogen 54
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Originally Posted by Transaxial View Post
Comments on this please?
To be clear - for my KK54 to be burning 2 gph I have to be doing about 1250 rpm with a speed of about 6 kt. If I'm doing 1500 rpm and 7kt my fuel consumption is around 2.8 gph.

Your gph to HP conversion lines up with what I have read.

The zone I am looking at with my 20kW genset would be about 1.2 gph - which I get with 1000rpm on my main and make 4.8 kt. This translates to about 20HP. That would be great for a get home - but doesn't seem to line up with people's experience in real life. I'm concerned that in practice I won't get these results.

Richard
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