i just finished my vacation on the the Crown Princess ship and i was wondering how much gas is required to move the ship one mile or (knot).
2007-03-26 12:15:03 · 6 answers · asked by Krazyk78 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
I just finished a job as a officer onboard a container ship and will give you what we burn in fuel. Our avg. day was about 500 miles, we burned about 320 tons of fuel a day.
And after doing all of that secret nautical math it works out to about 255 gallons per mile.
2007-03-27 06:28:54 · answer #1 · answered by T C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mere Mortals answer ties in with my research on merchant and warships, which is about 75 to 150 gallons a mile........
now, using round numbers, a cruise ship is about 800 feet......so 5 to 6 ship lengths is a mile; so 25 to 30 gallons to move the ship one boat length.....which is actually pretty effecient, considering the number of people and the 60-100,000 tons being moved..........
2007-03-27 08:32:32 · answer #2 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My cruise ship to Cozumel, according to the Captain's announcement, burned 1735 gallons of diesel fuel per hour.
2007-03-27 00:34:32 · answer #3 · answered by Mere Mortal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i do know know about that particular ship, but some cruise ships burn about 1 gallon of gas to move less than a foot
2007-03-26 20:40:52 · answer #4 · answered by sevenout7 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it had twin Merc 50 hp outboards it used about 1 pint to the mile.
2007-03-27 23:32:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
allot
2007-03-26 19:27:14 · answer #6 · answered by doug h 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋