GalaxyGirl
Senior Member
It has a 775 gallon tank. Trying to figure out if it has the range for the Carribean run?
Tried googling, found nothing. Thanks.
Tried googling, found nothing. Thanks.
Sorta depends on the rout chosen .
For best sea conditions ( the Carib is directly up wind and up current from the States) the easiest route would be to head towards Bermuda and about 1/2 way there turn right and head for Antigua.
If you like bashing to windward , and take the up the Hispanolia chain route , I would install a day tank for filtered fuel, and a baja filter as a pre-filter for fuel.
I have limited info on these vessels but the ones I have seen or read about usually have over 2,000 gal fuel and original power was either twin 4 71 or 6 71 GMs
With that fuel and those engines the range would be more than enough. You state 775 gal fuel on a 58 Hat LRC has this boat been tampered with and if so I wonder why.
Cheers
Benn
I guess I was confused. I didn't realize the longest leg between fuel spots was only 240 miles. So, that's great then, 700 mile range would be fine. Thanks everyone for clarifying. Has anyone done the run. How long did you take? Where did you go? Where did you love? Is fuel more expensive?
I think these are some of the nicer yachts out there but personally I cannot justify the fuel usage.
Sounds like they are semi displacement boats and not full displacement cruisers.
May be better looking at the Hat LCRs.
There are a bunch of experienced Hatteras 58MY (sounds like you are looking at Series I, 15'10" beam) owners on the Hatteras Owners Forum. 10 gph at 9knots sounds a little aggressive to me, and of course it does not include generator burn. I get around 9 gph at about 8 knots, which I always rationalize as 1 statute mile per gallon, and gives me a little cushion. My boat is tubbier than a Series I 58, being 18'2" beam. It has standard tankage of 1025 gallons.
The simple answer is that the two boats have different bottoms on them. One is more easily pushed and better behaved in waves and the other is faster with larger engines to get there in less time. The faster you want to get there the more fuel it burns.Larry
George,
You have a Hat, help me out here please. I am sooo confused. Does your boat have a max speed of something like 19 knots? Are you still able to run it slow at 8 knots and end up with a gallon per hr?
I just don't understand the difference in the LRC's that max at something like 10 knots. If you can go slow in either the LRC or the MY and still get the gallon per hr, what's the difference? or is it that the LRC will give better than a gallon per hr?