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Wayne.B Wayne.B is offline
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Default Reluctantly selling our Nimble Nomad Pocket Trawler

On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:00:36 -0400, wrote:

I think it's very likely that it uses .75 gph at 7.5 mph. This is a true
displacement hull. At 7.5 mph in relatively calm conditions, the motor would be
running far below half power. My 27 foot sailboat (also 4-stroke outboard) uses
less than .5 gph at that speed.


I'm betting that you would burn a lot more than that at 7.5 mph, and
you have a longer water line and better prismatics.