Occasionally I’ll have someone ask questions about fuel, how far we’ve traveled, how far we go in a day and since it’s cold here (45°F is cold), I updated a spreadsheet where I accumulate our daily logs. Here’s a summary for y’all’s amusement. (We’re learning that y’all is a good all-purpose preposition.)
| Time in Months | TOT Miles (nm) | TOT Eng. HRS | TOT Gen. HRS | TOTAL GALS | TOTAL
FUEL $ |
| 17 | 5,494.27 | 886.8 | 726 | 3,372.60 | $ 8,894.18 |
| AVG nm/cruise | AVG $/GAL |
AVG SOG | AVG GPH | AVG nm/gal | AVG $/nm |
| 40.22 | $ 2.64 | 5.85 | 3.80 | 1.63 | $ 1.62 |
This data spans the time from August of 2008 when we began our cruise north up the Hudson and to the New York Canal system– to 12/21/09 when we filled up. The highest cost for diesel was in Baltimore then at 3.99, and the lowest cost was at Merritt Island last year at $1.87. We filled up Monday in Brunswick at $2.38.
All miles are nautical miles. A statute mile is 1.16 nm, speeds are in knots (kt) which convert to mph at the same ratio of 1.16 mph for 1 kt.
We have reduced our typical cruise RPM to about 1600, giving us an increase of about 20% in efficiency. Our most recent fillup shows our fuel consumption at 2.94 gal./hr including generator, and 2.05 nm/gal., although our cruising speed is reduced to an average of just around 6 kt.(Speed Over Ground). Our speed is always subject to current. We’re in no hurry!
So that’s the skinny on the bean counting.
Dad would approve! 🙄
Lisa on 31 Dec 2009 at 12:06 AM #
Yes Dad would approve!
That was quite a few beans to sort
Quite interesting hope the fuel continues to decrease
in cost
A bean you probably will have trouble quantifying
but should be tallied is the FUN bean!
Love you
Jeri on 10 Jan 2010 at 4:52 PM #
This “emoticon”made me chuckle as did the comment about Dad’s approval….reflecting, as I am, here on the anniversary of my birth. That “FUN” bean well, funny how that changes…(what’s fun?). Now I need one of those expressive faces…. # :~})
maerin on 11 Jan 2010 at 10:40 AM #
Sol sol la sol do ti, sol sol la sol re do…
Sol sol | sol mi do ti la….
Fa fa mi do re do.
Love,
yo’ brudder. 😉