Starship – 340 Miles to the Gallon

We love getting reports from folks who have just completed the Puddle Jump from the West Coast to the Marquesas. Particularly when the correspondents have done something cool. In the case of Chris and Anne-Marie Fox — with crewmember Jonathan Busby — of the Victoria, B.C.-based Islander 36 Starship, the cool thing was that they covered the nearly 2,900 miles in 24 days having burned only 4.5 gallons of fuel. And that included what they burned to make electricity.

Have any other Puddle Jumpers burned less fuel going across? Email us if you have.

But that’s not the trio’s most impressive statistic. In 24 days, the three of them used a grand total of just 45 gallons of fresh water. That’s just over half a gallon per day for each one of them!