[PCW] Fuel consumption/Aventure 50

[Roger Bingham]

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> Tim Jordan provides this report on a delivery of the new Aventure 50 
> from Houston to Fort Lauderdale:
> 
> Our time on the clocks were 107.3 and 107.8
> 
> The long and the short of this exercise was to establish what it cost 
> to run a boat under these conditions, not just a timed run but a real 
> journey around 1.289 miles according to our trip meter  
> 
> Herewith the results 1.457 nmpg, and taking into the cost of the fuel 
> in different stops, the lowest $2.37 to $2.68 you can say the entire 
> trip cost us around $2.50 pg.      

Hi all

I make that

Average speed over whole journey 12kts
Consumed 885 gals
8.23 galls per hour

Did anyone else check the figures?

Regards

Roger Bingham
France