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Default Yo!! Harry!!
On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:58:26 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Aug 6, 4:03*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Ever figure out the gross tonnage on your Parker?

I'm wondering about the fuel burn on that 36' Zimmerman like lobster
boat. He keeps constantly whining about people with big boats and
their fuel consumption.

That's because they are burning *his* fuel, and throwing wakes over
*his* low transom.

He should have kept that Hatteras sportfish we used to hear so much
about. They are very seaworthy.

A 36 ft semi-displacement boat with a typical engine of 300 to 400 hp
burns about 12 to 18 gph at cruising speed, not exactly chicken feed
at today's diesel prices.

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