T&T: Help with running on one engine.

[Elliott Bray]

But...

Say you normally run both at 1,600 rpm.

I'll bet that after you shut one down and you continue to run the other at
1,600 that engine will not increase fuel usage. It's a hp/rpm type thing.

I see a reduction even when I rev (:-) up the remaining engine from 1,500 to
1,650 on Letitia.


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Elliott Bray, wintering in Austin,TX
M/V Letitia - Gulfstar 44 MC
In heated storage in Whitehall, Michigan
www.loopcruiser.com
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> Message: 46
> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 23:08:29 EDT
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> Subject: T&T:  Help with running on one engine.
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> Hi Henry: We burn 3 gals/hr @1600 rpm with both engines speed
> is 7 knots.
> With 1 engine down we still burn 3 gals/hr @ 1800 rpm to
> maintain 7 knots. So
> for our boat there is NO saving in fuel. The above figures
> are a brief summary
> from our long trips. Regards. Leonard Stern,  INDIFFERENCE