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Diesel Engines

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STEVEN DEPUYDT
KONYAALTI / ANTALYA, Turkey
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Diesel Engines
Posted 2015, Oct 16 12:41
How much diesel is used by a standard engine for a 30 foot boat during an hour at lets say 2500 rpm?
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Grant Headifen
Reply 2015, Oct 16 14:50
Fuel Consumption is a big advantage with diesel engines. We inserted a graph of fuel use for some typical engines for typical boat sizes into this page. A typical engine for a 25-33 ft (7.6 - 10 m) sailboat consumes about 1.9 liters (0.5 USgal) per hour operating at 2400rpm (a good cruising speed).
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