TJ Sprocket
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2016
- Messages
- 33
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Blue Heaven
- Vessel Make
- Mainship 430 Aft Cabin
Lifelong sailor, racer, and cruiser looking to make the jump to power with wife, 2 kids, and boat dog. Been exploring the upper Chesapeake Bay for decades and looking forward to getting further afield with some more speed at our disposal. Flybridge is a must. Looked at many options but keep coming back to Sabre/EastBay and most recently was surprised to find the Sabreline 36 aft cabin surprisingly accommodating and quite nimble (on paper). The specs from Sabre for the 36 with Cat 3116s are as follows:
1600 rpm / 10.0 knots / 1.6 NMPG / 426 miles
2400 rpm / 20.6 knots / 1.4 NMPG / 384 miles
2884 rpm / 26.5 knots / 1.1 NMPG / 298 miles
These seem to be quite amazing numbers, achieving relatively high speeds at double the ~0.5 NMPG mileage seen on most twin engine vessels above displacement speed (the Sabreline 43 and 47 included).
My question for the group then is what speeds and mileage have owners actually seen in real world conditions?
1600 rpm / 10.0 knots / 1.6 NMPG / 426 miles
2400 rpm / 20.6 knots / 1.4 NMPG / 384 miles
2884 rpm / 26.5 knots / 1.1 NMPG / 298 miles
These seem to be quite amazing numbers, achieving relatively high speeds at double the ~0.5 NMPG mileage seen on most twin engine vessels above displacement speed (the Sabreline 43 and 47 included).
My question for the group then is what speeds and mileage have owners actually seen in real world conditions?