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Great review and great photos! :doubleup:
I really enjoyed reading and looking at all the photos. Now I'm looking forward to the videos too!
Thanks, Cruizer!

If I have done all conversions litres/gallon and km/miles/feet correct I think the figures for a 58 000 GRT ferry between Sweden and Finland is about 100 feet per gallon. It is very dependent of speed though - a couple of years ago the crossing took about 15 h in one direction and 17 h in the other (one hour time difference between Sweden and Finland and they had the same departure and arrival times - local time - in both ports) and the difference in fuel consumption was 50% (40 metric tons versus 60 metric tons).

I think your estimation (or was it a scientific calculation maybe?) of 50 feet per gallon is reasonable for a cruise ship.

Interestingly enough, this little baby...

...at 8600 GRT only makes about 90 feet per gallon. She's tiny compared to the big ferries or cruise ships, but speed costs a lot of fuel (she makes 40 knots).
By the way - she is not sinking, just all cars in the forward part have been offloaded. :whistle:

I think the one to the left is called Bob and the one to the right is Jim... :whistle:

/Erik

<blockquote data-quote="Funnel" data-source="post: 1575405" data-attributes="member: 43300">Great review and great photos! :doubleup:I really enjoyed reading and looking at all the photos. Now I'm looking forward to the videos too!Thanks, Cruizer!If I have done all conversions litres/gallon and km/miles/feet correct I think the figures for a 58 000 GRT ferry between Sweden and Finland is about 100 feet per gallon. It is very dependent of speed though - a couple of years ago the crossing took about 15 h in one direction and 17 h in the other (one hour time difference between Sweden and Finland and they had the same departure and arrival times - local time - in both ports) and the difference in fuel consumption was 50% (40 metric tons versus 60 metric tons).I think your estimation (or was it a scientific calculation maybe?) of 50 feet per gallon is reasonable for a cruise ship.Interestingly enough, this little baby...<img src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm25/esv1/Cruise%20Addicts/StenaCarisma.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />...at 8600 GRT only makes about 90 feet per gallon. She's tiny compared to the big ferries or cruise ships, but speed costs a lot of fuel (she makes 40 knots).By the way - she is not sinking, just all cars in the forward part have been offloaded. :whistle:I think the one to the left is called Bob and the one to the right is Jim... :whistle:<img src="/forums/styles/vb4smileys/biggrin.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":biggrin:" title="Biggrin&nbsp; &nbsp; :biggrin:" data-shortname=":biggrin:" />/Erik</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Funnel, post: 1575405, member: 43300"] Great review and great photos! :doubleup: I really enjoyed reading and looking at all the photos. Now I'm looking forward to the videos too! Thanks, Cruizer! If I have done all conversions litres/gallon and km/miles/feet correct I think the figures for a 58 000 GRT ferry between Sweden and Finland is about 100 feet per gallon. It is very dependent of speed though - a couple of years ago the crossing took about 15 h in one direction and 17 h in the other (one hour time difference between Sweden and Finland and they had the same departure and arrival times - local time - in both ports) and the difference in fuel consumption was 50% (40 metric tons versus 60 metric tons). I think your estimation (or was it a scientific calculation maybe?) of 50 feet per gallon is reasonable for a cruise ship. Interestingly enough, this little baby... [IMG]http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm25/esv1/Cruise%20Addicts/StenaCarisma.jpg[/IMG] ...at 8600 GRT only makes about 90 feet per gallon. She's tiny compared to the big ferries or cruise ships, but speed costs a lot of fuel (she makes 40 knots). By the way - she is not sinking, just all cars in the forward part have been offloaded. :whistle: I think the one to the left is called Bob and the one to the right is Jim... :whistle::biggrin: /Erik [/QUOTE]