GL: Fuel Price

[Tommy Terrific]

  There are a LOT of boats suitable for doing the loop, that cost not 
$100,000 more, in fact, not $100,000 total.

  There are quite a few nice diesel boats for less than $100,000 total and 
most of them are not offered as a gas engine version.   I think conveying 
the message that a diesel boat will cost $100,000 more than a gas boat is 
quite misleading.
  Tommy



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "John & Judy Gill" <twojscom@quadnet.net>
  To: <great-loop@lists.samurai.com>
  Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:01 PM
  Subject: GL: Fuel Price


  > Skipper Bob has it correct as usual.  If you are only going to do the
  > Great Loop once and do not plan to make long range cruising your
  > lifestyle then the added cost of a diesel powered boat may not be
  > economical.  Using Skipper Bob's 6,000 mile Great Loop (ours was
  > 6,724 going the Lake Champlain route) then at a fuel savings of
  > $13.000 (based on 6,000 miles and today's fuel prices) with diesel
  > engines versus gasoline, it would take 7-1/2 to 8 years of annual
  > cruising of 6,000 miles to amortize the $100,000 in added cost for a
  > comparable boat with diesel engine(s) and generator.
  >
  > We split our Great Loop trip up into three boating seasons to spread
  > the cost over three years.  We went slow and averaged only 41 miles
  > per day and our average cruising speed was only 8.79 statute miles
  > per hour at 11.4 gallons per engine hour.
  >
  > Our point is that if you slow down and smell the roses, you can
  > effect about 20 percent fuel savings versus going fast (17 knots) and
  > burning 40 gallons of gasoline per hour.
  >
  > John Gill
  > AGLCA Looper
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