[PUP] Unsailboat fuel consumption

[Peter Pisciotta]

> If other designer/builders were half as explicit
> about what worked 
> and did not work in real world travel, we would be
> all better 
> off.  See for instance their recap of "How things
> are working out"

I agree - its great information. But of all the
paragraphs of percentages, specific numbers and
minutea, I could not find the very standard cruiser
stat of "We went XXX miles in YY days/hours and burned
ZZZ gallons of diesel." For example, you have to back
into the stats. They left on a Monday morning (one
report), did 2252 miles (another report) at 11 knots
(still another report) - 8-1/2 days (my calculation.
But his log shows 9 days - could it have been 9-1/2
days? (under 10 knots?). Frankly, I don't care that
much - it's a great boat, and a great passage - even
~10 knots would be incredible. I'm envious, and would
love to have made the passage. I'm just skeptical when
the one number(s) I can actually use is obscured by a
lot of interesting data, but no way to triangulate on
it.

Which, by the way, is exactly the point of the
Latitude 38 comments. Nothing personal, I'd just like
more info - and I've seen more people be
way-too-optimistic with figures like these than real.
I don't know the Dashews at all. 

For the record, those who are active on the Willard
Boat Owners list know I have voiced skepticism over a
similar claim for a Willard 36 that went from San
Diego to Hawaii in 1986 (330 gallons of diesel, 6
knots). The end of that story: I believe it is likely
the trip was completed as advertised due to a very
likely 1/2 knot favorable current typical during the
October transit.

Peter
W36 Sedan
www.SeaSkills.com


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