petrol v diesel...inboards v outboards

[boblydon]

Thanks Kieth, your a star, will put it on the list with the other
cheers

[KeithB]

It's out the water and in the boat club if you wanna a butchers, we should be over there through the week working on Shady.

[Norman]

Our old 1998 force 75hp 2 stroke certainly like's the juice.

Say we went out to our favourite wreck at about 10 miles out and back again , going almost straight as the crow fly's at around 18 knots. We would on average use 9 - 10 gallon of petrol + 2 stroke oil mix !!!

If we have a good run about visiting a few marks we can use a lot more.

Can anyone give rough diesel costs for running an arvor 85hp.

Cheers
Martin

Martin, I dont have the log book with me at home but I do log fuel usage and catches/crew religously, (I think more as a laugh to read later when the weathers too bad to get out). If my memory serves me correctly and I`ll edit this if i`m incorrect, but the all up usege for my boat from 1999 till now bearing in mind I dont do much under 20kts is about 1.2 miles per litre ie approx 6 miles per gallon.
So If I were to do same journey you suggest of 10 mile straight out and 10 mile straight back i`d probably use about 3.3 gallons ie 17 litres and at the current price of about 65p/litre (not sure just recentlly how correct that is) would cost me £11.05. I`m sure if I dropped speed a little I could improve this by a factor of at least 30% ........
Even if tax was full on red diesel the consumption would be the same just the price would be about 1.12/litre (guess) ie £19.04 as opposed to your figure of 10 Gal at 1.08/ltr ie £54.00 (plus 2 stroke oil) certainly makes a big difference not just the price of the fuel but the actual consumption.

My figures are based on 21 ft Ocqueteau, with 115HP Volvo Penta Deisel, shaft drive, generally 3 people fishing and an average wreck to wreck speed of about 20kts. (I`ve heard it can go slower but never found the need)

As an average I have a 90 litre tank that I usually fill to top at beginning of the day,we fish from 5am till usually about 2pm and usually use 3/4 of the tank (depending on how hard we have to search for fish that is).
Of course the beginning of the season drifting at St Marys is a dream on consumption LOL 6 trips on a tank

Hope this helps

cheers mate,

Norm

[KeithB]

My figures are based on 21 ft Ocqueteau, with 115HP Volvo Penta Deisel, shaft drive, generally 3 people fishing and an average wreck to wreck speed of about 20kts. (I`ve heard it can go slower but never found the need)

....and if you didn't carry as much hooch you'd get even more economy

[Norman]

Oh Aye an always a fullt stocked bar, yer never know who your gonna meet out there .................

[Codfather]

Cheers Norman,
I like the pici with top hats and mustashes aboard, put hartlepool's duty free boat to shame.

We're seriously thinking about getting a little arvor diesel.

[Norman]

Aye Martin, it`s a bit of an outlay in the beginning but now I simply couldnt afford the petrol to do the miles I do if I had an outboard.
plus the fact that its virtually electrics free so if it`s going it tends to keep going ................

good luck

Norm

[Norman]

Yes Martin I must agree, this is the pic I think you mean LOL


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[daiseyduke]

Alright Lads,

Not been on for a while, had to sell my Arvor due to personal reasons, IMine had the 85hp Nanni, and miles per gallon after research is the same as a four stroke outboard around 115hp mark, cost of red makes it attractive.

Bob the Raider 605 pilot house is well worth a look for value for money,

Will be getting another boat soon,

All the best for the season

Adam

[boblydon]

Thanks for the advice Adam, hope your keeping well and not eating to many of Lau's buffets on stowell street

[northeast1]

Bob i went down York to view the new range of quicksilver 500s last week, they are not as well built as some makes but do the job. The prices you cant fault, brand new with 3 years war for only £13.940 if you buy direct. You can pick up the older models for £8000 and a few of them about.

It is in my short list of 4 boats, bit put off by the engine and the odd bad report over build but seems a nice boat.

Spoke with the lad down there and he said if you order new and buy the equipment i.e fish finder then they will fit it ready for you with no extra cost.

[boblydon]

Ritchie, your right about the prices, cheap as chips for what you get, however as we know everything is built to a cost, hence you wont get the finish of the more expensive boats, same really as cars, everything fits into the market somewhere then its down to what you can afford.....as for fitting the toys thats half the fun, bet the prices start rising soon as the summer arrives

[northeast1]

Yer i noticed the finish and materials used on the boat not upto the likes of Dolly or Kate but liek you said £24k plus for them boats and £13k for Quicksilver...if i had the money i know what i would go for but like you its not that simple.


I have boat trips book on 5 different charters already this year and have my 1st trip in less than a weeks time up Craster, so hoping for the weather and you cant go wrong with the JFK, fished many other boats but Skinner is the best around in my opinion...still you cant beat having your own boat, one of the best times i have had wreck fishing was with Dave on Dolly when Dave went to kip and said pick a wreck and wake me if its fishing...picked one out 3 miles away, headed off, plotted way points out then set the drift....best feeling ever when wammmm rod goes over and you have the feeling that it was all your doing..think i forgot to wake up Dave also lol.

I would say i spend £900+ a year on charter trips, that seems a lot but its not even the docking cost for your own boat...so why do we do it...for me its the freedom and the feeling of doing and fishing when and where you want...cant beat it

[boblydon]

When to you expect to be parting with your cash ??? i will be getting mine after me hols ( last week in april ), hopefully by then the fishing and the weather will be improving....having said that if a bargain ( i wish ) comes before then it will be boat for bob, the cash is burning a hole in my pocket and i want to spend it wisely before i squander it

[Norman]

end of april bob? I know a certain little hole at St marys where 3-4lb fish sit there tail down head up begging for royd lures .................