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Fender and motoring line size

Discussion in 'Technical Discussion' started by JohnHansen, Dec 29, 2019.

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  1. JohnHansen

    JohnHansen New Member

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    Sorry for my late reply - it has been some very busy days, with only limited time for boat stuff! At the sea trail the boat was loaded with around 1400 liters of diesel, 7 persons, 300 liters of water, so a bit to the light side. Maybe a 60-footer will not be slowed down as much as 2-3 knots, it was just his estimate.
    By the way, what fuel consumption do you have at idle and propellers on? And at maybe 8-9 knots?
  2. mapism

    mapism Senior Member

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    Sorry, I can't answer that.
    I crunched about 12 hundreds miles right after purchasing the boat, to bring her to my home berth, all at planing speed.
    That's the reason why I know that 7 to 8 L/Nm in the 18 to 26kts range are rather accurate numbers: by checking the fuel used between fill-ups.
    As you know, these engines are fully mechanical, so the only way to know the fuel burn in real time is by installing some system like the Floscan, which I don't have.
    I do cruise very slowly, occasionally. But never for distances long enough to make any decent fuel calculation.
    The only thing I can tell you is based on the builder's fuel consumption chart, whose accuracy proved remarkably good at any fast(ish) cruising speed.
    But those charts start at 1000 rpm, with the boat making 9.5 kts (i.e., already a bit above hull speed), and burning 42 L/h, which translates into 4.4 L/Nm.
    Now, based on a very long previous experience with a similarly sized displacement trawler, I would expect the fuel burn to drop further, at 8 kts or so. I guess in the 3 L/Nm ballpark, if not a bit less.
    Trouble is, while I didn't mind multi-day passages at 8kts with a stabilized trawler, planing boats don't really like to go slow, so neither do I anymore.
    It's the nature of the beast, so to speak... :)
  3. JohnHansen

    JohnHansen New Member

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    A short update:
    I'm still thinking about which fenders to buy - a local producer has also come up - Dan-Fender, which is also supplier to the danish coast guard and the danish navy ....
    The mooring lines are likely to be Liros Handy Elastic 20 mm in black - it has a tensile strength of 9900 kg ....