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My a5 year average fuel consumption is 0.45 gph
In Response To: How many NMPG does your boat get? 
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() I motor at 5.5 to 6 knots so that works out to 12-13 nm/g. The boat is a 36' full keel ketch driven by a Westerbeke 46 turing an 18x10 3 blade prop with 0.35 DAR. Nominal displacement of the boat is 15,000 lbs.
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- How many NMPG does your boat get?
- Around 12
- Were you doing a lot of battery charging or slow speed?
- I just had a mechanic down to the boat discussing
- I'd give him the 8 hrs plus 15%
- I would pay for the time to do the required repair...
- I have used this fellow in the past and have
- I'd give him the 8 hrs plus 15%
- Around .33 gallon per hour or
- Really apples and oranges?
- My a5 year average fuel consumption is 0.45 gph
- Right around 7 NMPG
- 4+ 130 hp 6-354 Perkins pushing 42,000 lb
- I seem to burn about 1.05 gal/hr...
- With my 80 gallon diesel tank, I'll probably never really know.
- Around 12
