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Default Reluctantly selling our Nimble Nomad Pocket Trawler

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:24:38 -0700 (PDT), EBL
wrote:

The Cruise
USA website (www.cruise-usa.com) says that Nimble Nomads typically use
about 0.75 gallons per hour at 7.5 mph.


..75 GPH with a 50 horse outboard?

Not likely. My 20 horse dinghy engine burns more than that.

A 50 horse at half power will burn 2.5 gph, just like yours.