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Default 'Cruising' Sweet Spot

HK wrote in news:6f5pbqF9bproU1
@mid.individual.net:

GPS and the boat speedo agreed we were doing 27 mph and the fuel
management meter said we were getting precisely 4.5 mpg.


Pretty close to what boattest got on this Ranger with that motor:

http://www.boattest.com/oem/general-...484#TestResult

Their peak planed was 3500 RPM...5 mpg...as soon as it planed and quit
plowing...