Year | Total Days | Moored Days | Working on Boat Days | Upgrade 2018 Lockdown 20&21 Days | Cruising Days | Trips | Engine Hours | Cruising Hours* | Distance Miles | Locks | Avg Lock/Miles Per Hour |
2021 | 365 | 180 | 39 | 87 | 53 | 10 | 297.3 | 286.2 | 530.25 | 337 | 2.92 |
2020 | 366 | 208 | 41 | 84 | 28 | 4 | 144.5 | 137.2 | 233.50 | 156 | 2.84 |
2019 | 365 | 224 | 45 | 96 | 10 | 570.3 | 541.7 | 902.25 | 747 | 2.89 | |
2018 | 365 | 123 | 48 | 129 | 65 | 12 | 420.2 | 372.7 | 600.25 | 548 | 2.73 |
2017 | 161 | 99 | 22 | 40 | 2 | 189.7 | 170.7 | 308.75 | 157 | 2.46 |
For 2017 & 2018 about 90% of the engine hours were spent cruising. In November 2018 I fitted a solar panel and for 2019 & 2020 the cruising hours were approximately 95% of the total hours, in 2021 it was 96%. Up until the solar panel was fitted, when visiting the boat to keep an eye on it, I used to run the engine to top up the battery. Since the solar panel was fitted I’ve not had to do this, thus saving about 5% to 6% a year on fuel.
The engine hours recorded in the table below are the accumulation of the total hours the engine has been used since the previous fill up. Therefore the hours recorded at the first fill up for each year includes some hours from the previous year, whilst hours completed after the last fill up for the year are not counted until the following year. This explains the difference in hours recorded in the table above, where the engine hours are counted on a daily basis.
Year | Engine Hours | Litres | Litres per Hour | Cost | Cost per Litre | Overall Cost Per Hour | Central Heating Hours | Litres Used @ 0.5 per Hr | Cost Per Hour | Engine Litres Less CH | Litres Per Hour | Cost per Hour |
2021 | 297.4 | 492.61 | 1.66 | £398.59 | £0.81 | £1.34 | 65 | 32.5 | £0.40p | 460.1 | 1.55 | £1.25 |
2020 | 151.2 | 259.00 | 1.71 | £172.63 | £0.67 | £1.14 | 64 | 32.0 | £0.33p | 227.0 | 1.50 | £1.00 |
2019 | 583.3 | 916.66 | 1.57 | £777.93 | £0.85 | £1.33 | 167 | 83.5 | £0.42p | 833.2 | 1.43 | £1.21 |
2018 | 430.2 | 624.02 | 1.45 | £504.76 | £0.81 | £1.18 | 97 | 48.5 | £0.41P | 575.5 | 1.34 | £1.08 |
2017* | 159.8 | 353.90 | 2.21 | £303.87 | £0.86 | £1.90 | 50 | 25.0 | £0.43p | 328.9 | 2.05 | £1.77 |