On 2008-08-06 18:25:43 -0400, "Skip Gundlach" said:

However, at 7:51 AM, I had my first-ever engine shutdown.
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Much to my surprise, however, pulling the plug on the fuel tank
revealed that we were, in fact, out of fuel. Obviously our
memory of having fueled just before we put the boat on the ground
was faulty, because there certainly wasn't 100 gallons (nor any,
for that matter!) of fuel in the bilge.

Oops!

Been there. Why don't fuel gauges work very long on boats? I don't
think I've had one work for more than a season.

We mostly use the hour meter to manage ours. 40 hours at normal cruise
takes us to about half-full.

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Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
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