Gary Warner wrote:

Talking about fuel savings in the same sentence as pleasure boating
is a bit like the dieter that orders a cheese-burger, fries, apple-pie
and DIET coke, but...

I see someone mentioned trim.for "optimum speed/rpm combo". Maybe
this also falls under the same heading, but shouldn't a boat be trimmed
or gear moved so that is sets evenly? In other words so it isn't listing
to one side or the other.

I think a fuel-flow meter might help. Of course, installing one
might be more of a hassel or expense than it's worth. But having that
direct & immediate feedback has to help one to find the "sweet spots"
and to also keep their mind on that task.


Installing a Standard Horizon fuel flow meter was simple, although to do
it neatly took some time. I know, because I watched the dealer's boat
rigger do it!

Basically, it required one snip of the fuel line between the external
filter and the engine, the insertion of a small flow/sender unit in the
line, the clamping together of the fuel line with the sender it it, the
stringing of a wire to the dash, the drilling of a holw in the dash for
the gauge, and two minutes of panel wiring.