Propane usage survery

[MBLittle]

In the spirit of the water usage thread that got some traction, I thought I'd start another on propane usage.

How much propane do you use in a month?
How many people on board?
What uses propane onboard your boat?

[LeaseOnLife]

• 20lb for every 2-3 month
• 2 adults on board
• cooking and baking bread

[Captain Bill]

20 Lb about 2 months

[Jim Cate]

9 kg tank lasts around 3 months for us. Two on board, cooking and minor water heating in a propane flash heater.

Jim

[Jimbo485]

Originally Posted by MBLittle

In the spirit of the water usage thread that got some traction, I thought I'd start another on propane usage. How much propane do you use in a month? How many people on board? What uses propane onboard your boat?

5 kg/month
3 people
Cooking

[Paul L]

20lbs in 6-10 weeks

[Dsanduril]

Same as everyone else, 9kg/20lb tank lasts about 10 weeks.

Only thing we have onboard that uses propane is the stove/oven. We do bake bread.

Two to four people on board, not much difference in usage with crew size.

[Cheechako]

Living aboard maybe 20# 6+ weeks. Cruising in lower lattitudes probably 2+ months.
Cooking and grilling only.

[goboatingnow]

Never used propane only butane , but around 4kg a month full live aboard

Dave

[NCSailor]

20lbs tank - two years or more. Weekend warrior, heating coffee when anchored out. If summer, do not use stove if possible to keep from heating up the cabin.

[Sid at SailAway]

Our locker only holds two 10 pound bottles, but we get at least six weeks out of each bottle. Two people full time live aboard-cruisers. We use the propane for cooking and grilling. If we get caught in a cold snap for a few days we use a few 1 pound bottles in a propane heater to take the chill off..

[Suijin]

Liveaboard, one person, 20lbs. every 12-16 weeks. Stove and oven.

[rebel heart]

Originally Posted by LeaseOnLife

• 20lb for every 2-3 month
• 2 adults on board
• cooking and baking bread

Same for us, 2 adults and 2 kids. We don't bake bread though. Baking is definitely the killer of propane.

[Scott Berg]

20# bottle lasts 6 months daily cooking (stove, no oven) The BBQ sees a lot of use and drinks three times that (separate tank)

[SV THIRD DAY]

20lbs every 6-8 weeks on average for the last 6yrs
full time crew of 4