[PCW] Fuel economy, Chrysalis across the Atlantic

[Truelove39 at aol.com]

As a  potential powercat owner, (so far, I canbt convince Penny) I
couldnbt
help  comparing our current Skookum 53 monohullbs performance to the
Chryslis
and  Bluewater.
Our  2006 passage back to the US  from Trinidad was only 100 miles shorter
than  the 1800 Georgs quotes as transatlantic. Extrapolating by adding 13
hours
and 46 gallons to our data we get:
Chrysalis        Bluewater       Seahorse

Average speed    8.3 knots       6.2 knots           7.3 knots

Fuel consumption    4.0 gph     4.4 gph            3.24  gph

Time underway    9 days        12  days                10 days

Fuel burned    865 gal       1,275 gal                  757 gal.
Seahorse is a 1978  Skookum 53 motorboat with a Lugger 130HP engine. She is
built on a sailing hull  and equipped with paravanes, one of which was in use
for 4 days and both for  three more.
Regards,
John
"Seahorse"



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