I couldn't correlate this sentence, "It's also confirmed be on 2014 crossing,* sight tubes became useful after the 5th day and by the end of the 9th day, I'd used 400 gal! Vice 150" with what he's saying. Obviously he doesn't have floscan as someone thought he did earlier. I wish he had a means of accurately measuring his use. I'd like to hear how many nm he's covered and how many gallons he thinks he's used, but if he's doing 5.72 knots at 0.65 gal/hr then that's 8.8 nmpg and that just doesn't sound logical. If he's gone 9 days at 1.1 gal/hr that would be 5.2 nmpg which is still amazing. But if that were true, then at the end of 9 days he would have used 237 gallons, not 140. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Yes. Both you and PS are right, though there is contradictory information.
When I refill, I'll recheck my curves.
Though it's hard to believe they are significantly incorrect as i check them every time I refill.
The conflicting info is for 8 day vs 5 day
I'm not sure how that can be wrong. Though it could be as simple as increased rolling
However, upon arrival I have110 gal fuel remaining, 1.23 gal/hr for the passage.
Which by the way was just below my planning figure of 1.3g/hr
The speed for the first two weeks was abnormally high. With both Paravanes deployed, As t 1500 rpms, we were doing at least 1 knot faster than normal.
Also, it seemed yo me thst fuel consumption did go up the last two weeks.
I simply don't have an answer for that.
Oh, I didn't want to worry anyone, so I never mentioned the fuel leak for the first week. The stbd tank should have about 30 more gallons of fuel thrn it does.
Another mystery that will be investigated sooner or later. Though I am pretty sure know.
