How do campgrounds charge you?

Veebyes wrote:

msmith1199 wrote:

Triker33 wrote:

groundhogy wrote:
Thanks for the info.
RVs seem cheaper to dock but more expensive to move.
The 25 ft. limit thing is good info as I probably will outfit this
unit to boon dock.
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I think most RV's get much better MPG moving then any boat. :D

Not a sailboat.

Next time you are out on the water notice how many sailboats are chugging along under power. The sweetest sound a sailor ever hears is his motor starting when he really needs it.

Boat engines spend their entire lives doing the equivilent of pushing up a steep hill. They never get a break from the resistance of passing through the water. That is why they do not last anywhere near the hours of a road engine. The faster you want to go & the larger the hull the worse the milage gets. There are variables, yes, but generally for a decent sized cruising boat, not a trailerboat, the owners measure their economy in gallons burned per mile not miles per gallon.

I was a boat owner, I know. But a sailboat under sail power uses much less fuel than a motorhome. Most sailboats under engine power use less fuel too generally speaking because if they have an inboard engine and the boat is under 40 feet, it's generally a small diesel engine that burns about a half gallon an hour just like a diesel generator in a motorhome. Of course you're probably only doing about 7 mph or so with that engine running, but that would still be 14 miles per gallon.