Solent trip round the IOW July 16th

[The Garfish]

Originally Posted by rbw156

Here is an extract from my log for the trip:

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[rbw156]

2nd time lucky!:

Fuel used 50.4 litres
Distance 70 miles
Engine hours 3.6
Oil used 1.6 litres

Solent 6.5 w/ 150 Opti

[simonmcnamara]

The Garfish - vintage post!!

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by rbw156

2nd time lucky!:

Fuel used 50.4 litres
Distance 70 miles
Engine hours 3.6
Oil used 1.6 litres

Solent 6.5 w/ 150 Opti

How slowly exactly were you going?! I did 102Nm this weekend with a 150 Opti on a 6.5m boat and burnt 126ltrs. Did your Granny wave as she passed you in her peddalo?

[Hugh Jardon]

Originally Posted by Mollers

How slowly exactly were you going?! I did 102Nm this weekend with a 150 Opti on a 6.5m boat and burnt 126ltrs. Did your Granny wave as she passed you in her peddalo?

perhaps his boat was carrying a lot less weight than yours eh?

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon

perhaps his boat was carrying a lot less weight than yours eh?

As Es is 8st, I'd doubt that.

[Hugh Jardon]

Originally Posted by Cracker

Hi All
We did 82 nm & used 78.5lt

just filled up tonight and we did around 82 nm as well as we travelled together and it took 72 litres,

we travelled around 25knt to 30 knots most of the way with the odd spurt up to around 40 ish

[rbw156]

Yep, the 3.6 hours included getting in and out of Warsash and some tick over. The actual cruise probably averaged around 25 knots.