350 us gallons to go 60 miles at 9 knots is a hell of a lot of fuel for that small a vessel (60ft). If you carry 4000 gallons that's only a range...
The efficiency may not be much of an issue when making short passages. But, a boat carrying 4000 gallons of fuel is losing somewhere around 1000...
Dan, I have had a copy of the CH brochure to look at. As I said I avoid the sellers, brokers since I want realistic answers. I have several years...
The leaks were of a variety. On one boat it was due to the use of mixed fittings 37 and 45 degree. Of course that should not happen, but it's hard...
I had several other issues with hydraulics. I have been around a lot boats with them and everyone had leaks. When the boat was in hot water near...
I had heard that the efficiency loss was about 30% with the hydraulic drive but was inclined to discount that to about 20%, but your figure may be...
I spent some time studying the Cape Horn steel and the Nordhavn fiberglass yachts. I came to the conclusion that a new boat was not in the cards....
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