Milage

[Alastair]

You are talking about a boat?

 

Or

 

You personally require just over a gallon of alcohol 

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Whisky, sir, not 'alcohol'.

 

5l per hour for a 5l engine at 5.5knts has a symmetry to it, don't you think?

[matt]

I've often pondered this question and always think next time I'll write it down and put a stick in the tank to measure the depth / usage - but I can never be arsed.

 

That said, I have concluded I do about 1 litre per hour on average, and reading the other posts I think I'm probably right.

 

I do top up frequently about every 20 hours - or whenever I see a Diesel boat - unless a marina is exceptionally cheap. As I understood it, keeping the tank full reduces condensation when is a good thing (I'm told).

[DHutch]

I've often pondered this question and always think next time I'll write it down and put a stick in the tank to measure the depth / usage - but I can never be arsed.

just keep a simple log of howmany mile, howmany locks, you do perday, and then note how much fuel you put into the tank at anyone time.

 

 

Daniel

[Paul Evans]

Paul if you go back through this, you will notice you are getting the average (1L/h) as every one else. The only way to get lower consumption is to leave the engine on tick-over or not run it at all. 

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Phew! I am relieved. I thought I might be in for something expensive.

 

And somebody suggested to me recently that BOAT stands for:

 

Bung

Out

Another

Thousand

[Derek]

I visited Stafford boat club a few years back and they had what looked like an excerpt of a dictionary framed on the wall. It said:

 

Boat (bowt) n. A steel hole in the water into which one throws money.

 

Derek

[stuart]

Now I always thought there were somethings you couldnt buy on the Internet but just goes to prove how wrong I was!

 

http://www.petroldirect.com/order.htm

 

Red Diesel @30p/litre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(its a wind up though!!)

Edited September 15, 2005 by stuart

[colinjw]

Hi Stuart,

I saw that link in another forum I am in and the question asked is: "Do they use diesel-proof envelopes for delivery?"

 

Getting 200 lts. through the post would be interesting to say the least.

 

Colin

[Richard Bustens]

I think this is a joke.

[stuart]

I think this is a joke.

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I did mention that in my post!

 

I wonder what...

 

Vin Diesel™ (biofuel)

Purple Diesel

 

http://www.petroldirect.com/specialist-fuels.htm

Plutonium

Antimatter

[DHutch]

Perfuel? (biofuel) @£300/15ml

 

- Thats quite expensive that is!