Captain David is at Sea

I also was wondering about that 15 mpg! In the Cal 46 and our other larger sail boats we were lucky to get 6 mpg at 6 knots. It can get rough along that stretch of coast--and you ran into one of the great risks. That is of being outside, with low fuel and a bar closed. We always kept tried to keep the tanks topped off, even if it meant just a fuel stop. The plugged filters is very common on this run. An excellent idea is to have dual filters in parallel, and that way you can run both engines, and still change filters. (Putting some Startron and letting it sit, then polishing the fuel will do as much to help prevent this as anything. We tended to keep a bit closer to the beach, even tucking inside of some of the headlands. Just as long as you know exactly where the out lying rocks are. The predominate Current is the South Bound California current. However, there is the North bound Davidson current which is close to the beach.

Sounds like a great experience for you and you got some near costal sea time.
 
An excellent idea is to have dual filters in parallel, and that way you can run both engines, and still change filters.
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That is exactly what the setup was. Duals in parallel. The boat owner had enough extra sets of everything that we could have opened a store.
 
David, Glad you made it back OK, and got some great time. We crossed from Sequim at 0500 Sat morning headed to Friday Harbor. We did not see flat water, except up Harro close on the west side of San Juan Island. It was about 2-3 ft waves for about 5 miles of the crossing, just north of Dungeness light house . Great coming back today though. Cattle Pass was pretty mild, and we had lots of glass.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
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