Subject: Fuel Use: sailboat vs. powerboat
From: (Brad)

Although a powerboat would use oodles of fuel at a fast clip, any idea
of how much that would drop if traveling at the rate of a sailboat
(say 7 or 8 knots)?


Ballpark, around 2-3 gal/hr of diesel.

Capt. Bill

For that matter you can get a sailboat and use it as a motor boat.
Just don't hoist the sails. Virtually all sailboats of the size to go
long distances have an engine. For safety reasons this is most of the
time a diesel. My 33 ft sailboat has a 20 HP diesel inboard engine and
uses 1/2 gal of fuel and hour, going 6 knots.
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Subject: Fuel Use: sailboat vs. powerboat
From: (Brad)

Although a powerboat would use oodles of fuel at a fast clip, any idea
of how much that would drop if traveling at the rate of a sailboat
(say 7 or 8 knots)?


Ballpark, around 2-3 gal/hr of diesel.

Capt. Bill