On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 1:44:44 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:23:27 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

Wayne B wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 17:51:35 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 2/11/21 4:36 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:21:08 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

...the 19-footer I am considering...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN42mq5eSUc

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There will be people rushing out to buy them. There appears to be a
major arms race going on with the big multi engine go fast crowd. I
like the fact that they are a lot quieter than the go fast boats of 20
years ago.

https://youtu.be/qv-GPdnJ-1E


I'm sure you are right that they'll sell, even at $75,000 a pop. I'll
bet the fuel burn is...interesting.

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The people who buy them don't worry about fuel burn.


Probably better the the QE II. That ship gets 6 inches per gallon I read..
These motors seem to drink about 50 GPH WOT (6300-6400) and more like
20 at a 4000-4500 cruise.

https://boattest.com/article/new-mer...00-hp-outboard

The boats they talk about usually have 600-800 gallon tanks so that
gives them a few hundred mile range and a $2000+ fill up.

How bad do you want to get there?

There are plenty of those kinds of setups down on the coast, and especially in Charleston. The reasoning, I'm told, is that the Gulf Stream is 50 miles off-shore so you want something fast to get you out there to fish and to return you to shore when you're done.

At least that's what the guys tell their wives.