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At any rate the fuel would probably be under 200 gal in total.. enough for 10-20 hrs of hard running... At least that is what I was thinking...
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What about regular motoring and
charging the
batteries? This 200 gallons would be in addition to what ever you care to call standard. At best that might amount to a 200 nm range. Anything moving toward you is probably moving faster than that and if it is close, the
weather it generates before it won't be smooth
water. Maxing at about 9 knots sort of sounds accurate, but all that could go down in heavy
weather. You really are in no condition to out run anything you can't know about far ahead of time. I think at that point you could have made a better decision to bail out earlier than the 10 to 20 hours later your high speed range affords.
The
money invested in better weather information and routing services would carry a better return. Running the engines at very slow rpms for normal situations is not always in your best interest either. The extra
maintenance and higher fuel
consumption just seems like an idea you would regret. Given you are not really spending
money a lot of better ideas come to mind.