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Is there an estimate out there on how far or how many hours one should expect from a 20 gallon tank of gas with an Atomic IV?
Peter Marshall
Hotel California
Mk III
The thread has had "fuel consumption" added to the name to make this useful bit of info easier to find. - Admin
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A well tuned Atomic four pushing a C&C 27 at 5 to 5.5 knots should use around 3/4 gallon per hour... if there is wind, current, or you try to push at hull speed you will use more or less depending on which way you are going..... in theory you should get 26 hours from 20 gallons.
IRIS
1975 C&C 27 MK lll
Hull # 453
Kittery Point, Maine
Last edited by (2007-05-11 00:45:44)
IRIS,
I think your 'mileage' estimate is bang-on with what I experienced some years ago when I took down the mast and left it in Kingston Ontario and 'did' the Rideau Canal system-- with little current and no windage created by a mast, we motored all the way and I recall getting about 140 miles from the full tank of fuel we started with.
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