[PCW] Powercat performance, was PDQ Performance

[Georgs Kolesnikovs]

All hands--

Do any others have performance data to share?

Henry of Sno' Dog wrote:
>Being an engineer, and prompted by a recent discussion on the PDQ Forum, I
>decided to compile two years of Sno' Dog cruising data and put it into tabular
>and graphical form.   The data is now posted on our website at:
>www.snodoglog.com/Performance.html
>
>It shows mileage ranging from 3.8 n mi/gal (4.4 stat mi/gal) at 7 knots down
>to 2.4 n mi/gal (2.8 stat mi/gal) at 14.5 knots (16.7 mph).

If you think fuel burn in gallons per hour, Henry's diesel-powered 
PDQ 34 burns 2 gallons per hour at trawler speed (7 knots) and 6 gph 
at cruising speed (14.5 knots).

My gasoline-powered TomCat 24, equipped with twin Yamaha 100s, burns 
3.5 gph at trawler speed, compared to Henry's 2.0 gph.

At his cruising speed (14.5 knots), I'm loafing along at 6.5 gph, 
compared to his 6.0 gph.

At my cruising speed (20 knots), I burning about 10 gph, just a tad 
more than Henry does at that speed.

My top speed, loaded for cruising, is a little over 30 knots with 
fuel burn at about 17 gph.

My numbers are based on our first 10-day cruise. Please note the 
TomCat is a tiny boat compared to the PDQ. Our all-up cruising weight 
is maybe 8,000 pounds. I'll develop a more engineer-like method of 
presenting our numbers in time.

--Georgs
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Georgs Kolesnikovs
TomCat 24 At Last!
Frenchman's Bay, Lake Ontario
http://tomcat-tales.blogspot.com