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Old 09-15-2019, 12:14 PM
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I too hold 20 gallons and we have done Maryland to New England and Maryland to Bermuda (750 miles, no stops).
20 gallons should last at least a month for generating electricity and potentially a lot longer if you are clever with LEDs and solar.
There was no expectation at all we could motor the entire way to Bermuda. Coming home - not racing - we would motor in calms but I had to save some gas for getting into port. We usually had 5 or 10 gallons in jugs coming home, none outbound. I have jugs on deck frequently for the dinghy anyway for local cruising or because it is easier to run over to the fuel dock for 5 gallons and bring it back then to up-anchor to get it.
Your trip has been done in all manner of craft including engineless ones, so keep that in mind. If you have the cash, a diesel swap will gain you a lot of range, but if you have that kind of money I would get a bigger boat
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