not doing 100 miles a day straight for 2 months!!!!
that's too much like work!!!!!
unless you were in the sportfish that pulled in the other day behind me that cruised at 35, had been to Bemuda and was headed for Mexico! That baby covered some miles every day...
From Trinidad to Fortaleza, we must fuel in all 3 guianas and close Belem (Salinopolis) . We have counter flow (3knots) but if we go close the coast the current can be zero but we must take care with wood logs floating, fisher boats, ...
I bought a cage tank (275gal) because I just have 550 gals in our 3 tanks.
I saw that we can cruise 8/8.5 knots burning 6/7 gal
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One of my engines got hot and I had to stop it. The boat with just one engine made 6.5/7 knot burning about 3 gal/h.
Is it possible to cruise with just one engine each time?
One of my engines got hot and I had to stop it. The boat with just one engine made 6.5/7 knot burning about 3 gal/h.
Is it possible to cruise with just one engine each time?
I have 2 Cat 3208 turbo (375HP). I asked to my mechanic if we can take of the Turbo, that the engines develop 210HP. Its enough for us and better consume but we can't do that.
To cruise at 7/8knots I could have 1 engine with 210hp. I know that 2 engines is safely but burn more(
OK, I'll run the 2 engines but maybe slow to burn a little less fuel.
I'll have a lot of miles to try and to the learn.
Thank you guys
I have 2 Cat 3208 turbo (375HP). I asked to my mechanic if we can take of the Turbo, that the engines develop 210HP. Its enough for us and better consume but we can't do that.
To cruise at 7/8knots I could have 1 engine with 210hp. I know that 2 engines is safely but burn more(
It has to do with the circulation of the lubricant in the transmission, or lack of it.....
Not so, sail boat testing does not show this ,and after all an aircraft with a stopped but not feathered prop has tiny drag compared to a windmilling prop.
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