Anyone who has good knowledge on yachts.

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How much would the boat in the link cost to fill in FUEL. How far would this fuel enable the boat to travel? What is the fuel used for?

Answer 1

That vessel of course is a sailboat... The fuel capacity is 160L or 36 gallons (rounded). It would cost about $200 to fill up the tank.

Being a sailboat, the vessel's primary propulson is the wind blowing into and across its sails. The fuel is used to power the vessel's auxilary engine - which you would only use to manuver in and around a Marina. The engine is not met to power the vessel while underway. It is used to make it easier for you to dock your vessel without banging it up against other boats. Some sailors however, if caught at sea with very little or no wind will use their engines to keep the vessel moving - but in reality - few, (very few) ever have the need and actually do this.

This particular vessel has a "coolbox" for refrigeration, and minimal electrical requirements.  It has an alcohol stovetop.  With one good solar panel, it is unlikely you will ever have a need to run your engine for any measureable length of time to hardly affect your fuel. It does mention an onboard battery charger (plugged in to shore power) so it is unlikely you would ever need to run your engine for a long period of time.  Even for charging your battery, your fuel usage would be minimum.  

As far as "distance" is concern - the sky is your limit.  My son and I spent 4 years sailing - mostly we went up & down the Atlantic and into and around the Mediterranean and into the Adriatic Sea... We visited lots and lots or places and were in most popular Ports from Norway to South Africa, and from Casablanca to Trieste.  Our sailboat had a 75 gallon fuel tank, and in those 4 years we did not use but half of it.

Have fun Columbus... The only reason God made the world round, is so you can sail around it!

Happy & Safe Boating!

PS. Imaka is absolutely correct about "MotorSailors".  However... While she caught the mistake on the "liters vs gallons" -  she did not catch the mistake on that vessel being referred to as a "motor sailor".  In the true sense of the word for "Americans" and typical useage of the nomenclature - that vessel is  NOT a "MotorSailor". It is a sailboat.

I am surprised she did not catch that too.  "MotorSailors" as she said, use "sail" and "power" - they also use a lot of fuel - as a result - it is very unlikely you will ever find one that does not have a fuel capacity that exceeds 400, 500, 600 gallons and more of fuel.  I mention this only so you do not get confused with her answer because even though she is correct about what she said about MotorSailors  -  none of that pertains to the vessel in question.

With good sailing skills you could sail the world several times and not use 36 gallons of fuel.

Answer 2

Hi

I see that the fuel tank is rated as having a capacity of 160litres.

Diesel where I am costs justs over one euro a litre.

Since the engine is a yanmar diesel, you could expect to expend in the region of half a litre of diesel on three quarter revs per hour whilst motoring.

Three quarter revs should give this vessel a speed of 5 knots through the water. This means that the fuel tank has a motoring capacity, under reasonable engine load and in reasonable conditions, of 320 nautical miles at 5 knots.

Personally I would round down and tell myself that I have a 300 nautical mile range with a full tank on this particular vessel.

However, this is very simplistic and there are other things to consider.

It is usual to use the engines alternator to put amps back into the batteries; sometimes this is necessary daily on a boat with no wind chargers or solar panels.

Depending upon how much is being drawn from the boats batteries for navigation or domestic use, determines how long the engines alternator must run for.

A yanmar diesel will probably have a 60amp alternator, maybe an 80amp, but you should expect to have to run the engine for about an hour a day to 'top up' domestic and navigation serving batteries.

This means that you will use about half a litre of diesel a day to keep the batteries powered.

Obviously that will diminish your motoring range - but it is a sailboat.

It is also usual to carry loads of jerry cans of spare diesel; your main tank could leak or the fuel could become contaminated etc, plus spare fuel increases your range.

Answer 3

Its already sold mate, now get back to work!

Answer 4

The fuel capacity is 160 liters, not gallons, and it is diesel, so check out the cost of diesel where you live and go from there.  Here, it would cost about $200 to $250 to fill the tank.  

Many motor-sailers use the engine a lot of the time to get best speed and distance, but how far it will go on that much fuel depends on many factors including the size of the engine (I couldn't see anywhere in the ad where it gave the engine size), condition of the engine, wind, current, your skills, how clean the bottom of the boat is, and the amount/weight of stuff you have stowed on board.  You also may need to run the engine to make power for things on board - refrigeration, etc.   About the only other thing I can say about it is that it seems to be a good fuel capacity for that size boat.  We had a 35 foot sailboat and could not carry even close to that much fuel, so the distance you could go should be significant with sensible use.  

If you are the buyer of this boat (I noticed that it has been sold) ask if there are engine logs, which would give you an idea of how far you can travel with that much fuel.  We kept careful logs of such things.

Answer 5

you cant buy the wind

Answer 6

Ok. App 42 gal. X $4.24 per gal. = $178.00 U.S. So far so good.  Now, Sail boats of this size can make long passages, ofter of a thousand miles are more, and only use the engines when entering port or docking, so they still have fuel available when they reach their destination.  If you purchase a boat like this, you should sail it for a year or so, on relatively short trips, of say less than 100 miles until you know the boat, and can handle it in any conditions. Good luck!

Answer 7

well I can read, and it clearly states that the fuel capacity is 160 gal. Depending on where you are that would cost about $750 to fill from empty.  Being a sailboat that amount of fuel could last a long time.  The fuel is used to power your auxiliary engine for docking or when the wind is not blowing.

Good luck and Safe Boating !

edit - My mistake - for sure it is liters.  The fuel amount is still plenty for a sailboat of this size.  

So the amount will change to fill but the rest of the answer still holds.

Answer 8

Capt.Bill - if you read it again,I think you will find it is 160 litres ! (x what ever the price is where you are)