how does this guy figure a 700 mile range on 140 gal?

[tomcat rio]

http://www.boats.com/listing/boat_detai ... search.jsp

[chiefrcd]

At 5 mph I'm burning 1 gal. per hour....130 gal = 650 miles plus. Boy, wouldn't that be a slow trip........

[Veebyes2]

I think that seller is being very optimistic in range calculations. I own the same hull but have the Cummins 315hp. Most of the time I cruise at displacement speed dragging a 14' skiff more often than not. Without the skiff I still cruise slow but boot it up for a bit. My seasonal average is 3gph. The 32 has a 260gal tank. Figure 230gal is burnable. That gives me 76hrs of run time at maybe 8kts gives 600 miles, if I am lucky.

I would not want to put those figures to the test on the open ocean.

Interesting though. If all went perfectly I could make it from Bermuda to Cape Hattaras with about 20 gal to spare.

[AlMar]

I figure I can reach the gulf stream at about 60 miles out. With a little planning and a satellite feed, I can stay in the stream for about 3000 miles and use about one hundred gallons for occasional course corrections. That would give me a fuel consumption of about 300 miles per gal. with plenty to spare once I reach England, or Portugal....,or the Azores, etc,etc.
AlMar

[Mariner]

If you use idle speed to calculate range, our boat has a 1,500nm range.

That seems silly, but it's realistic. At 4 knots, it would take two weeks to go that distance. That's not really terribly bad, when you think about it.

[AlMar]

Beats swimmin
AlMar

[Double Lucky]

Four knots--good trolling speed. Need lots of ice!

[Mariner]

Four knots--good trolling speed. Need lots of ice!

Four knots is about two and a half knots too fast for trolling here. The salmon can't swim that fast.