On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:26:38 -0700, -rick- wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:30:48 -0400, HK wrote:

I'm not trying to compare SW's fuel burn to mine. My point is that on
two identical boats, operated identically at cruise speeds, one with an
etec and the other with a yamaha or suzuki four stroke, the differences
in fuel burn would not be that significant

Practical experience along with fully supportable personal evidence
proves otherwise.

Thems the figures. No need to embellish.

Maybe I'm just luckier than others. :)

You never give complete figures. How many miles? What
average speed?

I suppose that would be meaningful in this discussion if that was part
of the original thread. We were discussing GPH and efficiency while
running.

However, just for the sake of discussion, let me look at my chart and
get a distance. Be right back.

Rougly 57 miles over 4 1/2 hours which equals 12.67 mph.

That right? Can't be. Let me use a calculator - I did that in my
head.

Hmmmm - guess it is. Then again, makes sense because some of that
time was not running time but idle time.

Never mind - I was talking to myself. :)