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fuel use for sailboats
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 12:26 am in rec.boats.cruising Parallax wrote:
A related issue is that most sailboats have a fairly small engine intended only to get the boat up to hull speed in calm water. Putting in a larger engine would be considered wasteful because then the boat would have to always carry around that heavier engine even when it wasnt needed. Is it possible to temporarily increase the power outpuit of a small engine by some means, perhaps a blower, a turbo or even using NOS? This might give the sailboat the ability to better motor off a lee shore in strong winds, motor against a strong running tide, etc. I am primarily interested in times when it is a safety issue, not for convenience so potential engine damage might be acceptable. If the hull is not designed for planing under power you will not be able exceed the hull speed, so more power is a waste. -- My real address is crn (at) netunix (dot) com WARNING all messages containing attachments or html will be silently deleted. Send only plain text. |
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