Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Nov 9, 2:35?pm, HK wrote:
Yep.

The latest Sport Fishing magazine has a profile of a 42' Yellowfin
center console with FOUR 300-hp outboards. Engines burn 113 gph at WOT
(67 mph) but only (!) 41 gph at a 40 mph cruise.

Well, fools and their money are soon parted, but I believe anyone who
buys one of these deserves to be hit with some sort of horrific fuel
wastage tax, maybe a non-tax deductible charge of, say, $20,000 just for
owning such a resource waster.

Boats and fuel wastage like this just puts us all deeper in the hole to
the Saudi pigs.

1nmpg isn't all that unusual for a 42-footer traveling at any sort of
speed. Heck you're lucky to do any better than 4nmpg in a single
screw, 7-knot, 42-foot trawler. And just like any other boat, fuel
consumption at WOT is almost obscene.

One man's fuel "wastage" is somebody elses' "gawd-given right to
recreate" and pursue the American dream.

At one time, Harry, you were very proud to own a Hatteras. That boat
had to burn one heck of a lot of fuel at any sort of speed. What
happened to change your attitude over the last 7-10 years?



I also remember when Harry was building his custom 36 ft'er, GPH or MPG
were not including in his criteria, speed to his fishing area was his
only criteria.

The trawler seems to be a great option for those who are spending a lot
of time boating and enjoy the experience of boating. Like life, it is
the journey not the destination.

Didn't he get a sweet heart deal on ULLICO or WorldCom stock that
enabled him to pay for his 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat. I wonder why
he doesn't talk about it now?