Do be prepared to burn some fuel and to buy refills where you can because the tides and currents in the Gulf Islands and the San Juans can run strongly against a sailor. Got a current tide table and good chart? If you don't get copies of both. Steve M-15 # 335 -----Original Message----- From: John Schinnerer Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 10:07 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: Cruising San Juans and Gulf Islands There are quite a few places you can refuel, in those areas, so unless you want to be a complete hermit, you don't need to carry fuel for the entire voyage from the start (fill whenever you can, as Dave says). I bought an external 3-gallon tank that fits in half the width of the rear of the M17 cockpit floor. So if I needed to I could put two of those in that space and have six gallons total. If you have a big 'ol 6 hp on an M17 you will seldom be operating above 1/2 throttle because that about gets you to hull speed. Ditto what Dave said also about lack of wind this time of year in that area, so you may be motoring quite a bit. cheers, John S. On 07/31/2018 08:29 AM, Jason Leckie wrote:
Just getting ready to do some cruising around the San Juans and Gulf Islands for the next couple of weeks and contemplating how much fuel to carry for my 6 hp four stroke engine. Not sure how much a little engine pushing a little boat (M17) would consume, if the winds are not agreeable.
David Scobie, how much fuel do you usually carry on your travels?
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