Fuel: Consumption by Engine Speed, Litres per Mile & the Reserve Rule
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You read speed and fuel burn for each leg's engine setting from a fictional engine table, total the fuel for the passage, find the most economical engine speed and check how much fuel is left above the school's reserve at arrival.
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Lessons in this course
- Nautical Units: Knots, Nautical Miles & Degrees–Minutes Locked
- Speed, Time & Distance: Leg Times and ETAs for a Passage Locked
- Distance & Course Between Waypoints on a Flat Chart Locked
- Set & Drift: Course Over Ground and Course to Steer Locked
- Fuel: Consumption by Engine Speed, Litres per Mile & the Reserve Rule Locked
- Anchoring: Depth at High Water, Scope, Rode Length & Swing Room Locked
- Under-Keel & Bridge Clearance: Charted Depths, Tide Heights & Air Draft Locked
- The Passage Plan Sheet: Times, Fuel, Go/No-Go Checks & a Fuel Chart Locked