[Alberg30] A4 Typical Ranges

[chrishardy]

I had a funny (now), not then story about my fuel tank. It was about 1/4 
full one of those things I didn't get to before being launched from a 
trailer last spring. It was blowing a gale into a steep ramp raining and 
nasty I had done much work on the motor over the winter and was running 
it for a couple of minutes before waving bye bye to the boat haulers. 
well the ramp was steep enough to make it impossible for the pickup at 
the forward end to suck the gas at the aft end of the tank.  The motor 
ran great for the first minute or so. Well I won't make that mistake 
again! Ended up costing me the equivalent to a summers supply of beer. 
It will be full next week when I go in.

Capnreitz at aol.com wrote:

>I think my tank is typical, I have never really emptied it all the way to 
>determine its volume. I guesstimate 14 to 15 gallons. I further calculated, 
>over a period of years, that I burn one gallon an hour at five knots in a 
>moderate sea running against a tide of no more than 2 to 3 knots. I make an 
>annual trip to Cape Cod from Sandy Hook and that is what it averages out to 
>be. For safety sake and total lack of wind, such as last year for two days, I 
>have four 5 gallon jerry cans, plastic type, strapped to the after rail.
>Dances With Waves #457
>Ralph
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