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Most smaller power boats don't go from the mainland to Hawaii. What sort of range can you get from them? It's about 1,500 miles.
They certainly won't make it on tankage alone, but with fuel bladders it might be doable. I'm looking at a 36"- 40' class trawler. From what I've been seeing, single-screw models burn about 2-3 gph at 8kt cruise. I would estimate 1200 gallons minimum. Probably stop at Cabo for a top off.
It's still gonna run about 1,500 miles, even from Cabo. I don't know of very many small powerboats that have made the run. Is it less expensive to pay to have it shipped or to buy that much diesel? Might be less expensive to ship it? If you get one that will fit inside a shipping container, that wouldn't be that expensive to ship.
It's still gonna run about 1,500 miles, even from Cabo. I don't know of very many small powerboats that have made the run. Is it less expensive to pay to have it shipped or to buy that much diesel? Might be less expensive to ship it? If you get one that will fit inside a shipping container, that wouldn't be that expensive to ship.
I am referring to vessels I n the 25,,000 # class and higher with tankage of 800 gallons. The voyage, the crossing, is the purpose of the trip, not a means to an end. Once I do it under power, I want to do it under sail - perhaps twice in a single and then multi-hull. It is the sum total of my bucket list, and I have $355K available, not that I want to use all or even most of it. When all is finished, I will own no boats, having sold them back off, unless I fall in love with one.
2,500 nautical miles, divided by 8 knots per hour = 312.5 hours times 2.5 gallons per hour = 781 galllons. 800 gallons doesn't give you much extra, but it should get there - if reality matches the numbers. What about currents and such? If you are going against the current, then you'd need more. 800 x $4.50 (how much is diesel?) = $3,600. Not all that expensive, I suppose, compared to shipping. Still, 1,000 gallons or more wouldn't be amiss, I'd expect.
Do you know other folks who have done this? With autopilot and GPS the thing will even pretty much sail itself. You'd probably want a riding sail of some sort. Maybe you could do yacht delivery from the mainland, then you'd not even need to buy the boat.
2,500 nautical miles, divided by 8 knots per hour = 312.5 hours times 2.5 gallons per hour = 781 galllons. 800 gallons doesn't give you much extra, but it should get there - if reality matches the numbers. What about currents and such? If you are going against the current, then you'd need more. 800 x $4.50 (how much is diesel?) = $3,600. Not all that expensive, I suppose, compared to shipping. Still, 1,000 gallons or more wouldn't be amiss, I'd expect.
Do you know other folks who have done this? With autopilot and GPS the thing will even pretty much sail itself. You'd probably want a riding sail of some sort. Maybe you could do yacht delivery from the mainland, then you'd not even need to buy the boat.
I am not considering the voyage on tankage capacity alone. It would be augmented with spare fuel in bladders. In addition to main propulsion. there is also generator fuel consumption to deal with.
People routinely do the mainland to Hawaii passage, but mostly sail. I want to experience both.
The CHB Trawler class of full-displacement vessels with very small single, or sometimes twin, engines. Some 36' boats do with 120 to 150 hp Ford Lehman or John Deere slow-turn engines. I would probably cruise at 6 kts. It is the experience of the voyage I am after, not the actual arrival at destination.
Autopilot, water-maker etc., are all pretty-much standard equipment these days.
The Grand Banks or those similar to them that they have in some of the harbors here have more open cockpit area, but those look better for open ocean work.
The Grand Banks or those similar to them that they have in some of the harbors here have more open cockpit area, but those look better for open ocean work.
If it's the experience of the voyage that you seek, not the actual arrival at destination, why go anywhere then? Just go out for the length of time that you want, then turn around and go back. That outta do it
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