We recently had a report from John and Jane Linscott who ran their beautiful Claret colored Back Cove 37 Maine Event, from Ft Myers, Florida up to Portland, Maine. The distance was 1946 miles and the fuel consumption was an astoundingly low 1255 US gallons. They averaged 20 knots of boat speed.
Back Coves are very reasonable on fuel and with fuel prices where they are today, many boaters are considering a change to a single diesel engine vessel like the Back Cove 37. When we calculate fuel consumption for this boat at those rates of speed, we come up with a 1.3 mpg burn rate for the Cummins 600 hp QSC 8.3 engine. However, fuel rate on these engines is calculated by the internal computer and not by a flow meter. John and Jane's actual fuel rate was 1.55mpg so they burned 242 gallons less that we would have predicted for this voyage.
Do the math and you'll see what they saved. I loooked up fuel consumption rates for a boat of the same size built by another US manufacturer with twin diesel inboards. Their boat burns 30 GPH where as the Back Cove burned 13 GPH ! That's half the fuel and every bit as much fun!
Chris are you still plannig your trip up the US Eastern Seaboard in 2012?
Posted by: Bentley Collins | November 16, 2011 at 03:15 PM
Chris. From reading your post, Odyasea is already in the Bahamas, is that correct? We are currently in the process of taking our BC 37 Family Ties from the top of Maine to the Bahamas. We spent 6 weeks crusing Maine earlier this summer and we head out from RI in Oct and plan to be in Fla Dec and Jan and cross to the Bahamas ub Feb.Would love .to grab some of your local knowledge if possible. Facebook- BOB PRESTON CURE PD
Posted by: BOB PRESTON | September 01, 2011 at 08:37 PM
Hi Chris. I had to laugh when I spoke to the client the other day. His crew was scrolling through the Smartcraft screens and somehow managed to delete the hour meter readings. I know these cannot be permanently deleted so they will find it eventually. That trip can be done in as little as four days but I hope you will take your time and see some of the Intracoastal Waterway. It's a great trip.
Posted by: Bentley Collins | June 23, 2011 at 09:18 AM
How long did the trip take? We're hoping to do that trip in the Odyssea, 37 BC, from the Bahamas to the Eastern Shore, maybe next year.
Posted by: Christopher Lowe | June 16, 2011 at 03:26 PM