http://www.boatpoint.com.au/boats-for-sale/boatdetails.aspx?R=8609458|||This is similar to my current motor yacht. Your maximum range is 889 miles at 90% engine efficiency.
That would be calculated with the engines running at 2100 RPM's which is around the "Sweet Spot" of the engines. But the general boating fuel rule is 1/3 out, 1/3 back and 1/3 reserve. So your MAXIMUM range going out would be 296 miles.
I cruised my yacht up here to Alaska from SF in California and got those numbers. But on the Helm Info Center should be a gauge with a fuel flow meter. That meter will display your actual fuel burn rate in gallons per hour per engine, so use that to calculate your actual safe distance.|||If (and that is a very big IF) you want to believe Horizon's own review of this vessel, it has a cruising range of 800 miles at 10 knots speed. Now mind you, 10 knots is "half" the marked "cruising speed" of 19 knots, and they list the boat's "top speed" at 25 knots.
So, if you go slow... (as most sailboats will make 10 knots) you could go offshore about 250 to 300 miles, return to shore, and have just about enough fuel left to cruise back to your Marina or boat dock.
At cruising speed of 19 knots, you will probably limit your offsore distance to 100 miles, as twice the RPMs burns a little more then twice the fuel.
The link below (under source) will take you to a downloadable spec sheet with a review, and cruise range.
Happy %26amp; Safe Boating,
John
http://boatwrights.org|||I'd say this depends more on how big your boat is or how small. If its a bigger boat with a diesel engine, It will go a shorter distance than a smaller boat with a gas engine. I don't know how far off shore you will get though.|||what about tide and wind influences and size of swell
wherever you go TAKE SPARE FUEL
its hard to walk home
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