fuel usage

[reel scream]

G'day,

Wondering if i could get a fuel conversion/efficiency report.

Last trip did 68nm using 150lt. 150 Yam saltwater series.

Cheers Scott.

[Greg P]

Scotty - I make that to be 0.84l per km or 0.45Nm per litre. Not too bad for a big 150 carbie.


My DF150 Zuke consistently avg just over 1Nm/litre in offshore runs.

[Alchemy]

Scott,

Works out at 1.19 litres per km. As a matter of interest I get 0.75 to 0.8 from my 200hp Suzuki 4 stroke, pushing a 6.6m Fisher.

Regards,
Dave.

PS, I found this calculator for converting nautical miles to km
http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/nautical-miles-to-kilometers.htm

[arvor]

sorry to tell you this fellas.but that 68nm i would use 37litres@18 knots

[trueblue]

Thats about 1.2 klm per litre. your boat is bigger than mine, but I get the same fuel usage on a 130 hp saltwater series.

Probably not doing to bad considering the bigger engine

cheers

Mick

[reel scream]

Thanks guys. I thought it wasn't too bad because it was a long trip but bloody hell Arvor what are you running? A 10hp4st on a boogieboard???

PS Where were last w/end Greg? Give me a call.

Cheers Scott

[FNQCairns]

sorry to tell you this fellas.but that 68nm i would use 37litres@18 knots

He he sorry to say, the only time these blokes do 18kn is when they are dropping off the plane on arrival back at the boat ramp!;D;D.

cheers fnq

[disorderly]

Have I gone totally mad....http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/../yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/undecided.gif

But doesn't it work out to .84 km/L or 1.19 L/km.

[FNQCairns]

Yeah that's about right.

cheers fnq

[matmuller85]

hey guys i got a df140 suzie, on a 5.5m plate boat. i get 42knots top speed and can run 96nm on 70L.

[disorderly]

Yeah that's about right.

cheers fnq

I thought so,Scott ...but 3 fella's above have it different....must be that fourex stuff QLDers drink.http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/../yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/rolleyes.gif

[FNQCairns]

O yeah scott i missed that, now I am confused!

Matmuller you sure you get 2.5km/L? Thats very good!

cheers fnq

[matmuller85]

I left townsville coast gaurd went to keeper at 42knots 3 ppl on board and gear 10nm past keeper and back at 37 knots and used 70L. i was worried i wouldnt have enough fuel as it was my first trip out in it (brand New).

[Hornet Rider]

Scarborough to Huthies & back on a bit of a blowy day, 130km on 52ltr with 3 up & gear, average 18-20kts at 3000-34000 rpm. 50 hp evinrude, 5m tinny. 0.4ltr/km or 2.5km/ltr
Is that any good?

[Angla]

I average 1 nautical mile for 1 litre, cruising @ 28 knotts 4200 rpm. 5.75 metre half cab fibreglass, 135 Mercury Optimax.

Chris

[scuttlebutt]

My new second-hand Cyclone 540 with Optimax 90hp returns 2.55km per litre. That was in some dreadful chop too. Looking forward to see what it returns in flat conditions.

[tuna boy]

hello guys....from my df115suzi on a 550 formosa i leave from mooloolaba to the banks and back plus running around i average about 130kms have not yet used more than 60ltrs for a trip,pump shuts off around 56-58ltrs when filling back up at servo............cheers johnno

[Alchemy]

Have I gone totally mad....http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/../yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/undecided.gif

But doesn't it work out to .84 km/L or 1.19 L/km.

Uhm, maybe the bundy had me a little confused last night..... ::) yes, you are right Scott.

heres a calculator I've thrown together so I can avoid bundy induced errors in the future. Unfortunately I can't upload excel, so have copied to word.

Regards,
Dave.

[disorderly]

Uhm, maybe the bundy had me a little confused last night..... ::) yes, you are right Scott.

heres a calculator I've thrown together so I can avoid bundy induced errors in the future. Unfortunately I can't upload excel, so have copied to word.

Regards,
Dave.

Haha ..nice work Dave...

man, it had me questioning my own sanity when you and the other 2 guys came up with same(wrong) answer ::).

In the end I did, indeed, put the error down to excessive consumption of one of Queenslands finest http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/../yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/grin.gif.

So are going to make us drool ,once again,this weekend with some pretty pics of copious amounts of red fish??http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/../yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/smiley.gif

Scott

[Lancair]

Last Sunday I did a total of 39nm running from Ballina up to Lennox point and back fishing solo @ 20kt avg. And doing roughly the same trip with 4 adults on board @15-18kts looking for/watching whales.
Refueled on the way home, 15.2L to fill up.

Thats roughly 2.5nm/L or 4.6km/L.

Etec40 on 4.2m Stessco Catcher.

Pretty happy with that fuel bill for a day on the water.

Andrew

[Alchemy]

Haha ..nice work Dave...

man, it had me questioning my own sanity when you and the other 2 guys came up with same(wrong) answer ::).

In the end I did, indeed, put the error down to excessive consumption of one of Queenslands finest http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/../yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/grin.gif.

So are going to make us drool ,once again,this weekend with some pretty pics of copious amounts of red fish??http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/../yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/smiley.gif

Scott

The weather is looking great for tomorrow Scott, but I won't be heading out in the salt. Going to go chase some sooties instead.

[uripper]

Scott
recently acquired an old HH560 & 2005 YAM 2st 130hp
initial cruise testing suggests 30-35 litres/hr @ 30-40 kph @ 4000-4500rpm
averaging 1.0-1.3 km/litre
hope that helps
Mal

[FNQCairns]

Last Sunday I did a total of 39nm running from Ballina up to Lennox point and back fishing solo @ 20kt avg. And doing roughly the same trip with 4 adults on board @15-18kts looking for/watching whales.
Refueled on the way home, 15.2L to fill up.

Thats roughly 2.5nm/L or 4.6km/L.

Etec40 on 4.2m Stessco Catcher.

Pretty happy with that fuel bill for a day on the water.

Andrew

Holy crap! never seen those numbers before with the performance you have, for a day on the watyer it's do-able even at $8 per L!

cheers fnq

[ifishcq1]

My 25 longboat with 100hp yam 4st gets 2.38 km/ltr doing 24-25 knots 4500 revs

310 km = 167.4 nm for 130 ltr = 1.29 nm/1ltr,= 18.6 ltr/hr, 4 guys and 100kg ice plus gear in average 1.2 m seas

not as good consumption as a 4.5m tinny but better than anything in the same class

cheers

SL

[BOMBIE]

SL i once did 168Ks out & back in mine with snappy .larry etc with 3pob & used 67 ltrs with 90 4str suki BOMBIE

[ifishcq1]

Thats pretty good Bombie

SL

[reel scream]

Well the reports sounnd good. I'm pushing 2tn of fiber and thinking it's all good........

After lotto maybe a 7/8 + platey.

Cheers Scott

[goldfish]

Ok so I must be the worst then. I just worked mine out & I get 1.54ltr to the klm ($2.29 per klm @ $1.49 a ltr) . Thats in a 7.2m sea ray with a 5ltr carbie V8 stern drive (aprox 2.8ton with ppl & gear) But I think I liked it better when i didn't know.

[scuttlebutt]

you win Goldfish.... ouch!

[scrubba01]

My 225 saltwater 2 on a 6.8m plate boat used to average between 700 & 800 metres per litre same boat with a brand new 225 Suzi 4 stroke I get around 1.3 klm - the litre. I am hoping it will loosen up a bit and average about 1.4 if you drive it right.

What a difference it makes when you do at least 150klm per trip.:D

[Luke G]

Today I used 55litres for 120km's with a 150 Suzuki almost 2.2km to the litre sitting on 25 knots and trolling at 5.5knots. The 115 Suzuki on the same hull never got much better then 1.6 for the same trip.

Cheers

[fishing111]

Luke how heavy is your boat loaded, and how many of the 120 K's were trolling, roughly?

cheers paul

[Luke G]

G'day,

The boat probably weighs about 1500kg's on the trailer, so around 1300kgs in the water with me in it. About 55 of the km's were trolling.

Cheers

[Pazz01]

Hey guys,

Got a Haines 635L with 200 Merc 98 model - 2 tonne on trailer

Cruising at 4200rpm, with 4 blokes, at 32 mph on flat conditions travelling 70nm used 90L (that includes idling around to anchor up etc).

So my calc is that is 0.78nm/L. Is that ok?

Pazz

[Crunchy]

sorry to tell you this fellas.but that 68nm i would use 37litres@18 knots

In ten years time when "Peak oil" has come and gone we all may well be wishing we had Arvor's....will those things run on bio-fuel?

[stinky-stabi]

In ten years time when "Peak oil" has come and gone we all may well be wishing we had Arvor's....will those things run on bio-fuel?

yes they will run on bio diesel and lpg as well...
only problem is it would smell like a fishn chip shop comn from the exhaust


antonio

[Crunchy]

yes they will run on bio diesel and lpg as well...
only problem is it would smell like a fishn chip shop comn from the exhaust


antonio
Not out today Tono? looking forward to the call one day mate... :)

[stinky-stabi]

not today getting my R1(motorbike) sorted (recall)
bloody yamaha and there recalls...lol
yes dont worry i will call you very soon.lol


tono

[BrenMac]

6mtr beamy Plate Ali with Gen II L4 200 Verado.

4000 RPM doing 28 knots @ 2.2km/ltr.

Average trip covers 40 nautical miles, 10 @ 5-8 knots, 10 @ WOT 41-43 knots and 20 @ 25-30 knots for an average of 1.9km/l.

Cheers
Brendan

[BrenMac]

My 225 saltwater 2 on a 6.8m plate boat used to average between 700 & 800 metres per litre same boat with a brand new 225 Suzi 4 stroke I get around 1.3 klm - the litre. I am hoping it will loosen up a bit and average about 1.4 if you drive it right.

What a difference it makes when you do at least 150klm per trip.:D

Scrubba, any difference in power and top end speed between the old and new motors?

Cheers
Brendan

[bushbeachboy]

It's interesting to see the different fuel economies of the various boats. My little 4.1m Polycraft with 40 2 st Yam consistently used 8 - 8.5 litres for a day on Morrisseys Creek. Normally that would be a run from the ramp to the mouth area and a bit of running around. I consistently forgot to measure the distance on the GPS, but I think it would be about 6k's from the ramp to the mouth. Maybe 15 k's for the day, filled to the same point in the tank each time before and after the trip.

If someone can confirm the distance ramp to mouth for me I'll have an idea about fuel economy.

From what I've been reading above, I should get a bigger boat with about a 150 4 stroke on it, purely for the fuel economy........wonder how that argument will wash? Hehe.

[stinky-stabi]

E-TEC all the way for this little black duck 52nm for 39litres(90hp)
boat ways approx 900kgs loaded 3 pob.....
4000@26knts ,5300@wot 35knts..

stinky

[Wahoo]

have been getting about 1.5Ks to the litre, so im pretty happy with that.................................. plate boat with a 225 4 stroke