[Rhodes22-list] How to plan a trip.

[Jay Friedland]

Guys
Also remember Coast Guard rule of thirds on gassing up-1/3 out, 1/3 
back, 1/3 reserve. MJM has them beat.
Jay


On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 04:07 PM, Michael Meltzer wrote:

> do you want he truth or people dreams, BTW LIS every town has a gas 
> dock, I would have to go offshore to getaway from them.
>
> MJM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Pihlaja" <cen09402 at centurytel.net>
> To: <johntonjes at earthlink.net>; "The Rhodes 22 mail list" 
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 4:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] How to plan a trip.
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>
>> Rummy,
>>
>> Man, am I the only one who takes his R-22 out of sight of land & into 
>> places
>> where there isn't a gas dock every couple of miles?
>>
>> Roger Pihlaja
>> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Tonjes" <johntonjes at earthlink.net>
>> To: "Rhodes org. owners list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 3:01 PM
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] How to plan a trip.
>>
>>
>>> Roger,
>>> As everyone knows, I carry a single, 6 gallon tank in the 
>>> lazzerette. My
>> owners manual states that at full throttle I will burn 1 gallon of 
>> gas each
>> hour. Since I run only at 2/3 throttle, the gas consumption is less 
>> than the
>> one gallon per hour. Our lake has bridges which limit how far we can 
>> go.
>> Traveling from the farthest points back to my marina, which would 
>> take the
>> better part of a day, I would still have plenty of fuel left in the 
>> tank.
>> Besides, it's only five miles distance between the four big marina's 
>> and you
>> can buy gas there 24 hours a day with a credit card. Now, if they 
>> would only
>> place a liquor store at each marina, I wouldn't have to carry those 
>> large
>> rum casks on the foredeck.
>>>
>>> Rummy
>>>
>>>
>>> John Tonjes
>>> johntonjes at earthlink.net
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