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Old 11-06-2013, 10:21 AM   #11
sunchaser
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Originally Posted by Wxx3 View Post

Also, in my many year search, i never found a twin engine boat that was less than 50% more fuel consumption. (1.5 gal for my KK42, versus 2.2 gal for the best twin)

Richard on Dauntless
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We usually find what we want to find. For a KK 52 I have seen the boats and data to support no more than a 10 per cent differential when comparing a single JD 6068 to two JD 4045s. In fact at several speed ranges they were identical.

I've a friend with the last KK 42 made. He has cruised both coasts extensively with nary a let down on his JD single. Another friend has had his single Selene, with a get home setup also, towed back to safe harbor. Lots of stories out there to chuckle about.

The penultimate single engine ocean voyager, Dashews FPB 64, have very nice get homes. The earlier ones did not and were retrofitted. With the get home only running they track true with AP.
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